The main question this clinical trial is aims to answer is whether intensive and distributed constraint-induced movement therapy has similar effects on upper extremity function in participants with stroke. Participants will receive intensive protocol of CIMT for 6 hours for 6 days to make total of 36 hours while distributed protocol participants will receive 2.25 hours of training two times a week for 8 weeks making total of 36 hours.
Many studies have examined the effects of constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) in upper extremity function in stroke patients. Literature has shown effectiveness of different CIMT protocols for stroke patients. Emerging research have demonstrated comparative efficacy of constraint-induced movement therapy with different physical therapy approaches i.e. bimanual intensive training, motor relearning programme for improving upper extremity function. But according to researcher's knowledge, the gap of current knowledge is that no study has directly investigated the comparative effectiveness of intensive and distributed CIMT in stroke patients and if intensive and distributed CIMT had similar motor outcomes in upper limb function after stroke
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
50
Intensive protocol of CIMT will be given for 6hrs for 6 days to make total of 36 hours
Distributed protocol of CIMT will be given for 2.25hrs two times a week for 8 weeks making total of 36 hours
Hameed Latif Hospital
Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan
RECRUITINGFugl-Meyer Assessment-Upper Extremity
It is designed to assess reflex activity, movement control and muscle strength in the upper extremity of people with post-stroke hemiplegia. It consists of 30 items assessing motor function and 3 items assessing reflex function. The score most applicable to task performance is given from "0, inability," "1, beginning ability," to "2, normal" (total score range, 0-66).
Time frame: 8th week
Wolf motor function test
This test was designed to assess the motor ability of patients with moderate to severe upper extremity motor deficits in the laboratory and clinic. The original version of this test was developed by Dr. Steven L. Wolf, Emory University School of Medicine. The original version consisted of 21 items; the widely used version of the wolf motor function test consists of 17 items. it uses a Uses a 6-point ordinal scale i.e."0" means "does not attempt with the involved arm" to "5" means "arm does participate; movement appears to be normal."
Time frame: 8th week
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