Efficacy evaluation and mechanism study of electroacupuncture intervention in acute phase of IFP: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Schedule of enrollment, intervention, and assessments of this study protocol

	Study period
	Enrollment	Treatment				Follow-up
Time point	Day 0	Day 4 after the onset	Day 10 after the onset	Day 11 after the onset	Day 30 after the onset	Days 31–45 after the onset
Enrollment
Eligibility screen	●
Informed consent	●
Date collection	●
Measurement	●
Randomization	●
Allocation	●
Intervention	Acute phase			Recovery phase		Follow-up period
Control group	Oral prednisone tablets			Stop taking prednisone and turn to electroacupuncture therapy		No intervention
Experimental group	Oral prednisone tablets combined with electroacupuncture					No intervention
Assessment
SFGS	●		●		●	●
H-B	●		●		●
NRS	●		●		●
FDI	●				●
MRI		●	●
sEMG			●		●
Adverse event	●	●	●		●

ISSN: 1745-6215