NCT05033873

Universal Exercise Unit Therapy With Sling Exercise Therapy on Lower Limb Kinematics in Chronic Stroke Patients

Comparison of Universal Exercise Unit Therapy With Sling Exercise Therapy on Lower Limb Kinematics in Chronic Stroke Patients

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Riphah International University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 30 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Stroke occurred when blood supply to brain or a part of brain is disturbed due to clot (ischaemic stroke) or due rupture of small vessels (hemorrhagic stroke) in brain and causes bleeding in brain cells. The prevalence of stroke was 1.2 % (1200/100,000) in Pakistan, 3.1% in China and it is 44.29 to 559/100,000 in different parts of the world. Leading cause of stroke is hypertension. The aim of study will be to compare universal exercise unit therapy with sling exercise therapy on lower limb kinematics, disability, balance and quality of life in chronic stroke patients.

Detailed description

This will be randomized controlled trial. Study will be conducted at Khawaja Arshed Hospital Sargodha. Duration of intervention will be 08 weeks, 5 sessions in a week, total 40 sessions. Duration of single session will be one hour. A convenient sample of n patients fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria will be selected from in-patient settings of various hospitals from the city Sargodha and will be allocated randomly into three groups equally after taking informed consent. Group A will obtain Universal Exercise Unit Therapy. Group B will obtain Sling Exercise Therapy and Group C will be control and will receive routine physical therapy. Outcome will be measured at baseline, 04 weeks and 08 weeks. Outcome measurement tools will be Berg balance scale, Barthel index, Short form 12 (SF-12), Trunk impairment scale, functional reach test and smart phone motion analysis for lower limb kinematics. Scores will be measure in mean and SD. Results of intervention will be comparing by using one way ANOVA by using IBM SPSS version 21.0

Conditions

• Chronic Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Universal Exercise Unit Therapy (UEU)	Standing, walk standing, half standing, kneel standing, half kneel standing, quadruped position, three point quadruped , alternative quadruped , transitions, walking all these will be done in Universal Exercise Unit with a standardized protocol regimen.
OTHER	Sling Exercise Therapt (SET)	1. The patient's bilateral knee joints/feet will be suspended by a rope belt, and then the patient's pelvis will be elevated and maintained in supine or lateral position, adding flexion and extension training to lower limb if permitted. 2. In supine or lateral position, with patient's head, trunk and pelvis fixed, the therapist will use appropriate elastic bands to assist patient's limbs to do passive-power assisted-power resistance training in all directions (bending, stretch, outreach, and adduction). 3. The patient's chest and abdomen will be suspended by a wide elastic band, positioned him-self in the prone position with the fulcrum of bilateral elbows and knees, and then the torso swayed in all directions, therapists could assist 4. Target elbow and wrist will be suspended, according to the patient's ability to do passive/active open and close chain movement
OTHER	Routine Physical Therapy / Control Group	Control group will receive routine physiotherapy with duration one hour including * Active and passive joint movement * Muscle strength training * Bridging exercises * Balance training in sitting and standing positions, according to the patients' functional state. * Weight bearing exercises on affected Limbs

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-07-15
• Primary completion: 2023-06-30
• Completion: 2023-12-30
• First posted: 2021-09-05
• Last updated: 2022-12-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan