NCT05328401Recruiting
To Evaluate the Therapeutic Effect of Laser Acupuncture in Patients With Acute or Subacute Post Stroke Shoulder Pain
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 6 Mar 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Investigators propose a research design protocol to evaluate the efficacy of laser acupuncture in improving shoulder pain and improving shoulder function recovery after stroke.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 58 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 22 Mar 2022
- Start date
- 16 Apr 2022
- Primary completion date
- 15 Mar 2028
- Lead sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT05328401
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 58
- From 16 Apr 2022 to the primary completion date, 15 Mar 2028
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Surgery on the affected side of shoulder pain in the past.
- Those who have a history of epilepsy and are receiving anti-epileptic drug treatment.
- Who are receiving any herbal or folk remedies related to shoulder pain.
Other illness
- Participants with shoulder pain symptoms before the stroke
- Those who cannot complete the scale assessment due to aphasia, post-stroke depression, and obvious cognitive impairment.
- Any other conditions deemed unsuitable in the assessment of the responsible physician.
Other
- Acute shoulder trauma on the affected side of shoulder pain in the past.
- Women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant.
- Those who have not signed the written subject consent form.
Who the study is looking for
- Beyond the age of 20.
- Normal consciousness before and after stroke who can reply and fill in the questionnaire.
- Subacute (subacute phase: 7 days to 6 months after stroke) and Chronic (chronic phase: more than 6 months after stroke) with shoulder pain after stroke and in post- stroke recovery period.
- Stop taking painkillers for more than 1 day,
- Without received intramuscular drugs (steroids, botulinum toxin, glucose, etc.) injections in the shoulder joint or around the shoulder for more than 2 weeks
- Those willing to sign the written subject consent form.
Age in the registry: 20 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Keelung | Taiwan | Recruiting |
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