Effect of Kinesiotaping on motor neuron excitability and spasticity
- Conditions
- stroke.stroke, not specified as heamorrage or infarction
- Registration Number
- IRCT20090831002391N17
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for research, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Patient with first attack of stroke
Patient with Modified Ashworth scale (MAS) of paretic ankle plantar flexor more than 1
No history of neuromuscular disease
No history of a previous neurological disorder
Chronic stroke patient (at least 6 months after stroke attack)
Patient do not receive any physical therapy in last month
Patient with low grade in Spilberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory
Patient who have fixed muscle contractures at the ankle joint (grade 4 in MAS score)
Patients that receiving antispasticity drugs
Patients that had hemiplegia due to traumatic brain injury
Any history of lower limb surgery
Fracture or joint dislocation in the lower limb
Diabetes mellitus
Neuropathy
S_1 Radiculopathy
Allergy to the Kinesiotape
Normal absence of H reflex in some people
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method H max/M max ratio. Timepoint: Before intervention, 30 minute and 48 hours after intervention. Method of measurement: With electromyography The Hmax/Mmax ratio of gastrosoleus will be calculated.;Modified Ashworth Scale. Timepoint: Before intervention, 30 minute and 48 hours after intervention. Method of measurement: To investigate the muscle spasticity we will used the Modified Ashworth Scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method