Can we harness mental powers to improve recovery from paralysis of hands from brain stroke?
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Patients diagnosed with stroke with paralysis limited to one side and age more than 18 years.
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2016/05/006930
- Lead Sponsor
- JIPMER
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 30
1.Patients diagnosed with stroke (old cases admitted in the stroke recovery ward and new case) in JIPMER
2.Paralysis limited to one side
3.Nadir hand function level >Brunnstorm III
4.Sufficiently preserved comprehension, attention and intelligence.
5.Patients who have Preserved abilities to speak and understand Tamil or Malayalam or English (languages that the instructor is familiar)
6.Age more than 18 years.
1.Subjects with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis/with severe cardiac problems /other medications which need immediate intervention .
2.Subjects with persistent language deficit, neglect/inattention.
3.Those with dyspnea, cardiac failure or other debilitating systemic illness, who cannot perform the physical practices involving the procedure
4.Patients with significant visual or hearing impairments.
5.Patients who are taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors/benzodiazepines and those who diagnosed with depression or other major psychiatric disorders or cognitive impairment or dementia.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To evaluate whether combining mental imagery with physical practice is superior to physical practice alone in enhancing hand function in patients with stroke <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 30th day after starting the intervention <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ILTimepoint: Not Applicable