Effectiveness of Electrical Muscle Stimulation versus Resisted Exercises in upper limbs muscle Strength and bulk development in paraplegic patients
- Conditions
- Paraplagia.ParaplegiaG82.2
- Registration Number
- IRCT20220524054977N2
- Lead Sponsor
- Shifa Tameer-e-millat university
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 52
If participants have a sustained spinal cord injury from four weeks and their primary rehabilitation is completed
Age including 18-30 years
Participants that are able to give consent
Participants that are labeled by their physician as fit and can undertake exercise training program Ischemic stroke of MCA subjects suffering from stroke for at least 6 months
If the patient will have Brachial plexus, peripheral nerve injury or current surgery of upper limb since last 2 months
According to the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel classification. Have stage 3 or 4 sacral ulcer
Have any bone disorder e.g. such as Paget’s disease, senile osteoporosis etc
Have a long-term history of fractures in the upper limb.
Have a family history of weakened fractures
Suffering from chronic systemic diseases, e.g. hepatitis C or HIV-AIDS
Have fixed contractures in the upper extremity
Have already pain in upper limb due to any other cause rather than SCI
Are likely to experience autonomic hyperreflexia
Could suffer from orthostatic hypotension as a result of electrical muscle stimulation
Have any other serious medical conditions like malignancies, psychiatric problems
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Muscle Strength. Timepoint: Before intervention, as baseline, and after 8 weeks of intervention. Method of measurement: 3.3.1MMT (manual muscle testing) or Oxford Scale.;Muscle size. Timepoint: Baseline and after 8 weeks of intervention. Method of measurement: Measuring Tape.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method