TENS Effect on Gait and QoL in Stroke.

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Device: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS); Other: Physical Therapy program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06673940

P.TREC / 012 / 003990

Details and patient eligibility

About

A study was conducted to investigate the additional effect of TENS applied to acupuncture points to the physical therapy program on gait and quality of life in stroke patients.

Thirty stroke patients from both sexes aging from 40 to 65 years were randomly assigned into two equal groups: study group and control group. The study group received TENS plus the designed physiotherapy program and the control group received only the same designed physiotherapy program. The outcome measures concerned with spasticity, gait and QoL.

Full description

A RCT study conducted to investigate the additional effect of TENS applied to acupuncture points to the physical therapy program on gait and quality of life in stroke patients. The study was conducted at the outpatient clinic of Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University and Kasr El-Ainy Hospitals, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt.

Forty subjects were screened for eligibility but only thirty stroke patients from both sexes aging from 40 to 65 years who were included and randomly assigned into two equal groups: study and control group. The study group received TENS plus the designed physiotherapy program and the control group received only the same designed physiotherapy program. Patients were treated three times weekly for four weeks.

The outcome measures included the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) for assessing spasticity, the WHOQOL-BREF scale for evaluating QoL and the Biodex Gait Trainer for measuring the gait kinematics. Evaluation of all variables took place pretreatment and post treatment.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 45 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Clinical diagnosis of chronic stroke disease (6-8- months)
• Age 45-60 years old
• Mild to moderate spasticity
• Can walk 10 meters independently
• Sufficient cognitive abilities

Exclusion criteria

• Other neurological diseases
• Severe spasticity
• Cognitive impairments
• Medical instability
• Sever arthritis or contractures
• Cardio-pulmonary disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention arm

Active Comparator group

Description:

TENS applied to acupuncture points in addition to physical therapy program

Treatment:

Other: Physical Therapy program

Device: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)

control arm

Active Comparator group

Description:

only physical therapy program

Treatment:

Other: Physical Therapy program