Combined Effects of PNF and Electrical Muscle Stimulation on Spasticity and Hand Function in Stroke Patients.

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Proprioceptive Disorders; Balance; Distorted; Stroke

Treatments: Other: experimental group; Other: control group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05916872

REC/RCR & AHS/23/0211

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine the combined effects of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation and electrical muscle stimulation on spasticity and hand function in stroke patients.

Full description

It will be a randomized controlled trial. The stroke patients aged between 30-70 years will be included in this study. Participants will be selected with non-probability convenience sampling technique. Participants will be randomly allocated into two groups by lottery method i.e experimental group and control group. The experimental group will receive proprioceptive neuromuscular technique (contract relax-10 repetition) (5-min) and electrical muscle stimulation(10 min) as 15 min session 3 times a week for four weeks while the control group will receive only conventional therapy. The outcome measure will be calculated by modified barthel index, modified ashworth scale and wolf motor function test.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Both ischemic and haemorrhagic stroke patients
• Chronic stroke patients from 6 month to 2years
• Mini Mental Scale Examination (MMSE) more than 25

Exclusion criteria

• Transient ischemic attack
• Recurrent stroke
• Stroke patient with comorbidity and cardiac disease
• Myopathies

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

patients in this group will receive contract relax exercises along with EMS

Treatment:

Other: experimental group

control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

patients in groups B will receive conventional therapy.

Treatment:

Other: control group