Long Term Effects of Action Observation Therapy and Mirror Therapy on Upper Limb Functions

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Other: Mirror Therapy; Other: Action observation Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06027125

REC/01666 Kainat Basit

Details and patient eligibility

About

There will be a long term effects of action observation therapy and mirror therapy on upper limb functional outcomes after subacute stroke.

Full description

However, no study is conducted to check the retention rate of both therapies. My study will check the retention rate of these interventions in stroke. If we are able to know long lasting effects of this particular regime, we can incorporate this cost-effective intervention into our clinical setups for stroke rehabilitation.

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Both male and female
• 1 to 6 months since unilateral stroke onset
• Age between 40 and 70 years.
• Baseline score of the FMA motor score between 20 and 40
• Ability to follow the study instructions according to Montreal cognitive scale and score should be >24.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with depression who will be unable to cooperate during treatment and Cardiopulmonary diseases which could hinder their ability to participate in rehabilitation
• Visual and auditory abnormalities
• Major medical problems or comorbidities that influenced the usage of the upper limbs or caused severe pain.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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44 participants in 2 patient groups

Action Observation Therapy group

Experimental group

Description:

The patients in the action observation therapy group will be required to observe the upper limb movements or functional actions in video clips (i.e., the observation phase) and to execute what they had observed to the best of their ability (i.e., the execution phase.

Treatment:

Other: Action observation Therapy

Mirror Therapy Group

Experimental group

Description:

During the mirror therapy, the patients were seated in front of a mirror box placed at their midsagittal plane. The affected arm of the participants was placed inside the mirror box, and the unaffected arm was in front of the mirror. The patient was instructed to watch the mirror reflection of the movement performed by his/her unaffected hand carefully and to imagine that the movement was performed by the affected hand.

Treatment:

Other: Mirror Therapy