The purpose of the study is to compare the effectiveness of virtual reality and mirror therapy in stroke patients. Different studies has been done to find out the best therapy for stroke patients. Use of virtual reality in medical field is becoming more popular now-a-days. Different devices and applications are available to treat various conditions. Research has been done to find the clinical applications of virtual reality for upper limb motor rehabilitation in stroke. in another study, mirror therapy with bilateral arm training was used for hemiplegic upper extremity motor functions in patients with chronic stroke. After doing literature review, it was found that no research has been done to compare the effectiveness of mirror therapy with virtual reality in improving motor function of upper limb of stroke patients. So, In this study these two therapies are compared. For virtual reality Oculus Quest 2 has been used. Patients were allowed to use beat saber game on Oculus.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
32
Oculus Quest 2 is virtual reality headset with 2 hand control remotes. Beat Saber application will be used on Oculus Quest 2.
Mirror therapy is provided by mirror therapy box by placing it in sagittal plane of patient.
Shifa tameer e millat university
Islamabad, Federal, Pakistan
RECRUITINGFugl- Meyer Upper extremity scale
Used to assess motor function of upper limb
Time frame: 4 weeks
Action arm research test
To check motor activity of upper limb
Time frame: 4 weeks
Wolf motor function
To identify motor activity of upper limb
Time frame: 4 weeks
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