Effectiveness of Task- Oriented Bilateral Arm Training with Rhythmic Auditory Cueing for Upper Limb Activities in Chronic Stroke.

This study is a randomized, single- blinded, parallel group, single- centred trial, aims to compare the effectiveness of BATRAC and BATRAC-TOT in improving motor function, upper extremity performance and functional ability of affected arm in chronic stroke patients meausred by FMA-UE, WMF and CAHAI, respectively. BATRAC involves Bilateral Arm Training i.e. performing of identical activities with both arms at the same time so that the non- affected arm can facilitate activation of affected hemisphere through interhemispheric connections and thus influence performance of affected arm and the Rhythmic Auditory Cueing is the use of repetitive auditory stimuli in the form of a metronome to which participants are asked to perform exercises. TOT involves bilateral arm training with specific tasks in order to improve ability to perfom day to day activities independently.