Functional Electrical Stimulation On Functional Rehabilitation In Children With Erb's Palsy

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Completed

• Conditions: Erb's Palsy
• Interventions: Other: Functional Electrical Stimulation

• Registration Number: NCT05334511
• Lead Sponsor: Riphah International University

Brief Summary

Erb's palsy is a type of brachial plexus injury occurs in infants due to injury of nerves during childbirth. Injury causes weakness or paralysis of different muscles. Different type of approaches are made for the treatment of erb;s palsy such passive range of motion, stretching ,splinting ,electrotherapy etc. In erb's palsy the most affected ranges are shoulder abduction and shoulder external rotation. Quasi experimental study will be done on the patient with erb's palsy intervention applied will be functional electrical stimulation (a low frequency current) applied 5 day a weeks for 2 weeks than on alternate days for the rest of the treatment. Setting for functional electrical stimulation will be Frequency 20 pps with Pulse width of 300 msec. 18 patient will be recruited . "Assumed population standard deviation"4.24" "Confidence level""0.95" "Acceptable error""2". Pre-intervention reading will be taken on modified mallet scale and universal goniometer and post intervention measurement will be taken after 02, 04 ,06 months.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-11-30
• Study First Submitted: 2022-04-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-04-15
• Study First Posted: 2022-04-19
• Primary Completion: 2022-06-30
• Study Completion: 2022-07-31
• Status Verified: 2023-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-02-20
• Last Update Posted: 2023-02-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 18

Inclusion Criteria

• Diagnosed with Erb's Palsy
• Children of age 15 months to 3 years

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Exclusion Criteria

• hemiplegic cerebral palsy
• children with upper limb fractures
• obstetrical brachial plexus injury
• upper limb contracture

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Functional Electrical Stimulation	Functional Electrical Stimulation	functional electrical stimulation with Frequency 20 pps with Pulse width of 300 msec.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in range of motion	Baseline, 2nd, 4th and 6th months	A goniometer is an instrument that measures the available range of motion at a joint. The art and science of measuring the joint ranges in each plane of the joint are called goniometry.; To measure the range of motion physical therapists most commonly use a goniometer.
Change in Modified mallet scale Score	Baseline, 2nd, 4th and 6th Months	Modified Mallet scale evaluation of function and arm appearance. In addition to assessing the classical shoulder functions of the classical Modified Mallet system, supination and the resting position are evaluated. In the resting position, medial rotation at the shoulder is scored on a scale of 1 to 5. 1 is the lowest score and 5 is the highest score

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Children Complex Hospital; 🇵🇰 Faisalābad, Punjab, Pakistan