Neuromodulatory Effect of Sensorimotor Network Functional Connectivity of Temporal Three-Needle Therapy for Ischemic Stroke Patients with Motor Dysfunction: Study Protocol for a Randomized, Patient-Assessor Blind, Controlled, Neuroimaging Trial

Table 1

Study schedule for enrollment, interventions, and assessments.

Study period
Items	Baseline		Treatment phase	Outcomes assessment
Time points	−1 to −3 days	0 weeks	1–2 weeks	3 weeks
Enrollment
Eligibility screen	×
Informed consent	×
Examination		×
Randomization		×
Intervention
Healthy control group (n = 20)
Experimental group (n = 20)			×
Control group (n = 20)			×
MRI scan
Healthy control group		×
Experimental group		×		×
Control group		×		×
Assessment (only in the experimental group and the control group)
FMA		×		×
MBI		×		×
Safety
Adverse events			×	×