Combining Cross-Education and Mirror Therapy for Upper Limb Rehabilitation in Post-Stroke Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 100
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Changes in Upper limb strength
研究概览
简要总结
This randomized controlled trial will investigate the potential synergistic effects of combining cross-education training with mirror therapy on strength and motor function in the more affected upper limb of post-stroke patients.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 30 Years 至 60 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Post-stroke patients with upper limb motor impairments
- •Aged 30 years to 60 years old
- •At least 3 months post-stroke
- •Able to participate in the intervention
排除标准
- •Severe cognitive impairments
- •Visual impairments
- •Any contraindications to the intervention
研究组 & 干预措施
Cross-education training only
Participants will perform resistance exercises at 60% of their 1 repetition maximum (1RM) with the less affected limb.
干预措施: Cross-education (Other)
Mirror therapy only
Participants will perform bilateral upper limb movements while observing the reflection of the less affected limb in a mirror.
干预措施: Mirror therapy (Other)
Combined cross-education and mirror therapy
Participants will perform resistance exercises with the less affected limb while observing its reflection in a mirror.
干预措施: Cross-education (Other)
Combined cross-education and mirror therapy
Participants will perform resistance exercises with the less affected limb while observing its reflection in a mirror.
干预措施: Mirror therapy (Other)
Conventional rehabilitation
Participants will receive conventional rehabilitation for post-stroke upper limb motor impairments.
干预措施: Conventional Physical Therapy (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Changes in Upper limb strength
时间窗: Changes in Upper limb strength at baseline, 8 weeks, 16 weeks
Upper limb strength (measured by hand-held dynamometry)
Changes in motor function
时间窗: Changes in motor function at baseline, 8 weeks, 16 weeks
motor function (measured by Fugl-Meyer Assessment)
次要结局
- Changes in Quality of life(Changes in Quality of life at baseline, 8 weeks, 16 weeks)
研究者
Mohamed Magdy ElMeligie
Lecturer of Physical Therapy and Director of Electromyography Lab
Ahram Canadian University