Posterior circulation ischemic stroke (PCIS) with vertigo is a common central vertigo disease that significantly hinders patients' motivation for rehabilitation and increases the recurrence rate and mortality among stroke patients due to recurrent episodes of vertigo. Acupuncture has shown promising therapeutic effects in the treatment of PCIS with vertigo, but its underlying mechanisms remain unclear....
This is a trial protocol only — no results are available yet; audiologists managing stroke-related vertigo should make no practice changes based on this publication alone.
Vertigo is a frequent and disabling symptom of posterior circulation stroke, and a well-designed RCT on acupuncture as an adjunct therapy could expand evidence-based treatment options for a condition audiologists and neurotologists commonly co-manage.
- 01Multicenter RCT protocol — no efficacy results reported yet.
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