Status:
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Effect of High Tone Power Therapy on Spasticity and Gait Kinematics in Stroke Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Cairo University
Conditions:
Stroke
Eligibility:
All Genders
45-60 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This study aims to compare between High tone power therapy (modulated frequency current) and Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (fixed frequency current) on spasticity and selected kinematic ...
Detailed Description
Stroke is a neurological deficit attributed to an acute focal injury of the central nervous system (CNS) by a vascular cause . Stroke is one of the leading causes of disability and mortality in the gl...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Duration of illness not less than six months post-stroke (Hillis A. et al., 2006).
- Patients' age ranges from forty-five to sixty-five years (Feigin et al., 2022).
- Body mass index from (18.5 to 24.9).
- Patients can respond to verbal instructions (Consciousness and orientation to time, place, and person) more than 13 degrees on the Glasco coma scale (Hegazy et al., 2020).
- Able to walk independently on an even surface without any assistive device (Fan and Yin, 2013).
- Patients with moderate Spasticity of the ankle joint (grade 2 and 3 According to Modified Ashworth Scale) (Hegazy et al., 2020).
Exclusion
- Subjects with any other Co-existing Progressive neurological disorder (Hegazy et al., 2020).
- Unstable Cardiac condition (E.g., Acute Myocardial infarction, severe Cardiac Failure) (Teslim et al., 2013).
- Subjects with any anti-spastic Drugs (Chang et al., 2013).
- Musculoskeletal disorders affecting gait kinematics such as severe arthritis, knee surgery, and total hip joint replacement, lower limb fractures less than 6 months or contractures of fixed deformity, leg length discrepancy.
- Any previous Contracture or deformities (Hegazy et al., 2020).
- Un co-operative patients (Gupta and Chatterjee, 2019).
- Open wounds, burns, or Loss of sensation (Grevstad et al., 2016).
- Patients with metal implants (von Lewinski et al., 2009).
- Visual, auditory problems.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2024
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 1 2024
Estimated Enrollment :
51 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06562530
Start Date
January 1 2024
End Date
December 1 2024
Last Update
August 23 2024
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faculty of physical therapy, Cairo university
Giza, Egypt