COMPARATIVE EFFECTS OF HAND ARM BIMANUAL INTENSIVE TRAINING (HABIT) AND PROPRIOCEPTIVE NEUROMUSCULAR FACILITATION (PNF) PATTERNS ON UPPER EXTREMITY DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH SUBACUTE STROKE

Phase 3

Conditions: Stroke.
Subacute stroke
169.4

Registration Number: IRCT20230526058301N1

Lead Sponsor: The University of Faisalabad

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 46

Inclusion Criteria

Stroke patient clinically diagnosed or with scan of CT computed tomography or MRI magnetic resonance imaging
Sub-acute stroke patients
Age 35–60?years
Patient with GCS score >8 and vitally stable
On Mini-Mental State Exam score must be >24 and having no severe cognitive problems
Patients suffered from first time stroke and able to give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

Patients with severe cardiopulmonary complications
Any intracranial implant
Patient with pacemaker
Any kind of cranial defect
Patients with worsening condition that causes difficulties for physiotherapy treatment
All the medical conditions except stroke that limited the use of upper limb
Patients with epilepsy
Patients having previous history of stroke on same side that diminish upper extremity function

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Spasticity. Timepoint: At baseline, after second week of intervention, after fourth week of intervention, after sixth week of intervention and after eight week of intervention. Method of measurement: Modified Ashworth Scale.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Motor Function of upper limb. Timepoint: At baseline, after second week of intervention, after fourth week of intervention, after sixth week of intervention and after eight week of intervention. Method of measurement: Fugl-Meyer assessment scale for Upper Extremity.;Activities of daily living and motor function of upper limb. Timepoint: At baseline, after second week of intervention, after fourth week of intervention, after sixth week of intervention and after eight week of intervention. Method of measurement: Motor activity log-28 scores.