Can acupuncture spark awareness in Brain-Injury patients?

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Meet the above diagnostic criteria for pDoC and be diagnosed as Vegetative State (VS) / Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome (UWS) or Minimally Conscious State (MCS) based on at least two assessments using the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R); * First occurrence of a clearly identified acquired brain injury resulting in pDoC, including traumatic brain injury, intracerebral hemorrhage, or cerebral infarction, with complete clinical records available; * No obvious hydrocephalus or severe cerebral atrophy, with a disease course ranging from 28 days to 6 months; * Aged between 18 and 72 years, with no gender restriction; * No significant cognitive, hearing, or visual impairment prior to onset; * Normal premorbid communication ability and no history of neurological or psychiatric disorders that may affect consciousness assessment; * Clinically stable and not having participated in other clinical trials within the past 1 months; * Written informed consent obtained from the patient's legally authorized representative. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with consciousness disturbance of unknown etiology; * Presence of neurodegenerative diseases, intracranial infections, or brain tumors; * Severe cardiac, pulmonary, hepatic, or renal dysfunction, or other serious comorbidities that may increase the risk associated with the intervention; * Hemodynamic or respiratory instability, including resting heart rate \<40 beats/min or \>130 beats/min, oxygen saturation \<88%, systolic blood pressure \>180 mmHg or \<90 mmHg, or mean arterial pressure \<65 mmHg or \>110 mmHg； * Presence of implanted electronic devices that may affect the safety of electrical stimulation, such as cardiac pacemakers or spinal cord stimulators; * History of long-term dependence on psychoactive medications; * Presence of skin lesions, marked hypersensitivity, or other contraindications at the stimulation sites that preclude the use of hand twelve Jing-well point electrical stimulation; * Any other factors that may affect assessment and treatment; * Patients with uncontrolled epileptic seizures or status epilepticus; * Pregnant female patients.