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Study NCT ID: NCT06653855
Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Last Update Posted: None
First Post: 2024-10-21

Brief Title: The Effect of Cupping on Spasticity and Function of the Lower Extremity During Rehabilitation After Stroke
Sponsor: None
Organization: None

Study Overview

Official Title: The Effect of Cupping on Spasticity and Function of the Lower Extremity During Rehabilitation After Stroke
Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Status Verified Date: 2024-10
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: No
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
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Brief Summary: Physical therapists use dry static cupping for the treatment of many conditions including spasticity for patients post-stroke While research better describes the effects of dry static cupping for patients with orthopedic conditions information is lacking on central conditions such as stroke and resulting spasticity
Detailed Description: Cupping is an ancient alternative medicine A common form of cupping called dry static cupping involves creating negative pressure inside a therapeutic cup The cup is then placed on the skin creating a light suction effect In Eastern Medicine cupping has been used to treat a variety of diseases More recently in Western society cupping has been used after injury and among other effects has been found to improve blood volume and tissue oxygenation to an area These effects have originally been thought to be peripheral in nature occurring at the cupping site hence why cupping has been used for treatment for conditions like carpal tunnel syndrome spinal pain knee osteoarthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions

However a recent systematic review found cupping to be beneficial for rehabilitation after stroke These conclusions raise the question of a possible mechanism for cupping to improve impairments related to the central nervous system such as spasticity after stroke However many of the studies to date have serious methodological flaws that limit the direct causation of cupping to the reduction of spasticity As well the majority of studies only involve the upper extremity No study has yet looked at the therapeutic effects of dry static cupping on lower extremity spasticity reduction after stroke

Study Oversight

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