Benefits of hand activity training to improve arm use in stroke patients.
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: G968- Other specified disorders of central nervous system
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/08/027021
- Lead Sponsor
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1. First episode of unilateral supratentorial stroke.
2. Subacute and chronic ( >1 m).
3. Montreal Cognitive Assessment >26/30.
4. Low to moderate stroke (NIHSS <15).
5. Active range of movement at least in degrees and preferred to repeat 3 times in 1 minute. Shoulder Flexion/Abduction (45), Elbow Extension (20), Wrist Extension (10), Thumb Extension/Abduction (10) and any two fingers Extension (10).
1. Currently participation in other pharmacologic or physical therapy intervention studies.
2. Modified Ashworth scale ( > 2) of upper limb musculature.
3. Administered of BOTOX within 3 months.
4. Unstable medical condition
5. Cardio-respiratory complications that limits exercises and hand activity.
6. Shoulder subluxation of grade 2 and above.
7. Severe shoulder and hand pain >7/10 on numerical pain rating scale.
8. Musculoskeletal complications in past 3 months that limits the hand activity.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ABILHAND <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 3 time points <br/ ><br>Baseline, 8 weeks post treatment and 12 weeks follow up.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Wolf Motor Function Test, <br/ ><br>Motor Activity Log, <br/ ><br>Fugl-Meyer Assessment upper limb. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 3 time points <br/ ><br>Baseline, 8 weeks post treatment and 12 weeks follow up.