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The purpose of this trial will certify the efficacy of using staging acupuncture and moxibustion to treat Bell's Palsy
The result of this trial (available in 2009) aims to testify the efficacy of using staging acupuncture and moxibustion to treat Bell's Palsy, and to approach a best acupuncture treatment among these five different methods for treating Bell's Palsy
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| A | Experimental | staging acupuncture for treating Bell's Palsy |
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| B | Experimental | staging acupuncture and moxibustion for treating Bell's Palsy |
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| C | Experimental | staging electroacupuncture for treating Bell's Palsy |
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| D | Experimental | staging acupuncture along Yangming musculature for treating Bell's Palsy |
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| E | Experimental | non-staging acupuncture for treating Bell's Palsy |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acupuncture | Other | staging acupuncture |
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| acupuncture and moxibustion |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| House-Brackmann scale (Global Score) | a week |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Classification Score Of Facial Paralysis Degree | a week | |
| Facial Disability Index | a week | |
| WHOQOL-BREF scale |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Ying Li, Dr. | Acupuncture&Moxibustion college of chengdu TCM | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chengdu university of TCM | Chengdu | Sichuan | 610075 | China |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21435214 | Derived | Zhao L, Zhang FW, Li Y, Wu X, Zheng H, Cheng LH, Liang FR. Adverse events associated with acupuncture: three multicentre randomized controlled trials of 1968 cases in China. Trials. 2011 Mar 24;12:87. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-87. |
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| Other |
staging acupuncture and moxibustion |
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| electroacupuncture | Other | staging electroacupuncture |
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| acupuncture along yangming tendons | Other | staging acupuncture along Yangming musculature |
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| acupuncture | Other | non-staging acupuncture |
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| two week |
| House-Brackmann scale (Regional Score) | a week |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D020330 | Bell Palsy |
| D005158 | Facial Paralysis |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D006566 | Herpesviridae Infections |
| D004266 | DNA Virus Infections |
| D014777 | Virus Diseases |
| D007239 | Infections |
| D009059 | Mouth Diseases |
| D009057 | Stomatognathic Diseases |
| D005155 | Facial Nerve Diseases |
| D003389 | Cranial Nerve Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D010243 | Paralysis |
| D009461 | Neurologic Manifestations |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D015670 | Acupuncture Therapy |
| D009071 | Moxibustion |
| D015671 | Electroacupuncture |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D000529 | Complementary Therapies |
| D013812 | Therapeutics |
| D003131 | Combined Modality Therapy |
| D004599 | Electric Stimulation Therapy |
| D026741 | Physical Therapy Modalities |
| D012046 | Rehabilitation |
| D004561 | Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation |
| D000698 | Analgesia |
| D000760 | Anesthesia and Analgesia |
| D000758 | Anesthesia |
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