NCT06437015

Comparison of CIMT vs Mirror Therapy Effect in Infarcted CVA Patients for Improving Hand Functions

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 26 (actual)
• Sponsor: Superior University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

CIMT vs Mirror therapy for improving hand function in infarcted CVA patients. Randomized clinical trial study design will be followed. Data will be collected from following centers: Minhaj Physiotherapy Centre, Home visits, Sughra sidiq trust hospital, Ibad hospital Samundri. Probability Random Sampling is used.

Conditions

• Infected Joint

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy	patient's unaffected hand is tied with a triangular bandage or splint and the patient asks to perform the exercise through the affected hand. for up to 6 hours a day for 5days week /4 weeks and the patient nonparetic arm restrained from the use by having the patient placing a mitt on the hand or a sling on the unaffected hand, forcing the use of the affected limb to promote purposeful movements when performing functional tasks.
OTHER	Mirror Therapy	In this group training was given for 45min a day for 5 days a week for 4 weeks. Mirror box which was of 18×24inch \[was placed on the learning table and exercises were carried out by the patient looking into the mirror where an unaffected limb is placed in front of the mirror, through looking into the mirror patient assumes the reflection of the unaffected limb as the paretic limb. Exercises performed were hand opening and closing, wrist extension and flexion, squeezing, opposition, the calculation

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-11-01
• Primary completion: 2024-05-20
• Completion: 2024-10-29
• First posted: 2024-05-31
• Last updated: 2024-05-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan