Effect of Neuromuscular Stimulation and Mindfulness Breathing in Patients With Stroke

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Other: neuromuscular electrical stimulation; Other: neuromuscular stimulation and mindfulness breathing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06302946

P.T.REC/012/005024

Details and patient eligibility

About

It is an interventional study in which 60 stroke patients were estimated to enroll according to random allocation and divided into two groups. The experimental group will receive neuromuscular stimulation and mindfulness breathing, while the control group will receive neuromuscular stimulation only.

Full description

It is an interventional study in which 60 stroke patients will be estimated to enroll according to random allocation and divided into two groups. The experimental group will receive neuromuscular stimulation and mindfulness breathing, while the control group will receive neuromuscular stimulation only. The experimental group participants will receive neuromuscular electrical stimulation that will last 12 consecutive weeks, three sessions per week protocol with Mindful breathing is a mindfulness exercise that involves using breathing as an object of attention.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The subject selection will be according to the following criteria:
• All Patients of this study will be diagnosed as stroke and the diagnosis will be confirmed by computed tomography or MRI (El-Tamawy et al., 2021).
• Age of patients will be ranged from 50 to 65years (males and females).
• All patients will be hemodynamically stable.
• Patients with good cognition that enables them to understand the requirements of the study.

Exclusion criteria

• • The potential participants will be excluded if they meet one of the following criteria:

  • Patients who cannot follow instructions as sensory aphasia, blindness, dementia, and deafness.
  • Patients with any orthopedic, neurological, or chest disorders that affect trunk muscles control or cause respiratory disorders as COPD.
  • Patients with cognitive and psychiatric disorders.
  • Patients with unstable cardiovascular conditions.
  • Patients with contraindications to neuro electrical stimulation as:
  • Cardiac pace maker.
  • Acute abdominal surgery.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

will receive neuromuscular stimulation and mindfulness breathing

Treatment:

Other: neuromuscular stimulation and mindfulness breathing

control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

The control group will receive neuromuscular stimulation only.

Treatment:

Other: neuromuscular electrical stimulation