EFFECT OF MIRROR THERAPY IN RECOVERING UPPER LIMB STRENGTH AND FUNCTION IN CHRONIC STROKE PATIENTS
- Conditions
- pper Limb Function in Chronic Stroke PatientsMirror therapy,upper limb function,chronic stroke
- Registration Number
- TCTR20140903002
- Lead Sponsor
- ARC
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
- A first episode stroke patient with hemiplegia / hemiparesis more than 12 weeks whom was diagnosed by a neurologist and confirmed by computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging
- Age more than 18 year
- Are able to understand and follow two steps command
- Have a Brunnstrom score between stages I and IV for the arm and hand
- Are able to sit with / without support more than 30 minutes
- Have no severe cognitive disorders (TMSE score > 24)
- Have no other disorder on paretic limb
- Consent for study participation by patient / relatives
- Patients who has medical problem(s) that cannot tolerate with the rehabilitation program
- Has sensory / global aphasia
- Has severe spasticity of arm / hand (MAS ≥ 3)
- Has severe neglect
- Non-cooperative patients
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Motor recovery at 2nd, 4th, 8th, 12th week after the intervention Brunnstrom stage of recovery,Motor recovery at 2nd, 4th, 8th, 12th week after the intervention lateral pinch strength,Motor recovery at 2nd, 4th, 8th, 12th week after the intervention Motor Assessment Scale (Thai version),Motor recovery at 2nd, 4th, 8th, 12th week after the intervention tip pinch strength
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ADL at 2nd, 4th, 8th, 12th week after the intervention Barthel ADL Index,spasticity at 2nd, 4th, 8th, 12th week after the intervention Modified Ashworth Scale