IRCT20171111037388N4 IRCT 2019-04-07 Tehran University of Medical Sciences The Effectiveness of Dry Needling on Spasticity The Effectiveness of Dry Needling on Upper and Lower Dysfunction on stroke patients 2018-06-01 anticipated 24 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/36798 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Double blinded, Placebo: Used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Treatment, Randomization description: Based on the random number table, patients are placed in one of two groups, Blinding description: Patients are not aware of being in the intervention group or the control group. The control group will receive the intervention once the study finished. In addition, both group participate in their conventional therapies. Measurements are performed by an assessor who does not know the training protocols that each group has done. N/A Brain Stroke. Intervention 1: Intervention group: A specialist who has expertise in dry needling, will deliver three sessions of dry needling on the spastic muscles of the upper and lower extremities on the hemiplegic side with a 48 hours interval between sessions. At baseline, immediately after last session of dry needling and after 1 month of baseline, the blind assessor, expert physiotherapist, will perform the clinical tests. Intervention 2: Control group: A specialist who has expertise in dry needling, will deliver three sessions of placebo dry needling on the spastic muscles of the upper and lower extremities on the hemiplegic side with a 48 hours interval between sessions.At baseline, immediately after last session of placebo dry needling and after 1 month of baseline, the blind assessor, expert physiotherapist, will perform the clinical tests. No - There is not a plan to make this available Justification or reason for not sharing IPD is No more data