Comparative Study of the Effects of Dry Needling and Botulinum Toxin Type A as a Treatment for Lower Limb Post-stroke Spasticity

PHASE2/PHASE3RecruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

90

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

September 1, 2024

Primary Completion Date

December 30, 2025

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2025

Conditions
Stroke
Interventions
DRUG

Botulinum toxin type A

Botulinum toxin type A injections are a treatment technique to treat the spastic muscles in patients with stroke that targets on the neuromuscular endplate zone provoking a chimical disruption of dysfunctional endplates.

OTHER

Dry Needling

Dry Needling is a treatment technique to treat the spastic muscles in patients with stroke that targets on the neuromuscular endplate zone provoking a mechanical disruption of dysfunctional endplates.

Trial Locations (3)

2000

RECRUITING

Universiteit Antwerpen, Antwerp

50009

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza

H7V 1R2

RECRUITING

Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital, Montreal

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón

OTHER

collaborator

McGill University

OTHER

collaborator

Instituto de Salud Carlos III

OTHER_GOV

collaborator

Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec

OTHER_GOV

collaborator

Research Foundation Flanders

OTHER

lead

Universiteit Antwerpen

OTHER