The Effect of Vibration Applied on Forearm Extensor Muscles Patients With Stroke

Kırıkkale University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke Patients

Treatments: Other: Routine conventional physical therapy plus Vibration session; Other: Routine conventional physical therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04562220

Forearmandvibration

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was planned to determine the effect of vibration applied to forearm extensor muscles on hand functions and muscle activation in stroke patients.

Full description

Patients will be included in our study, who will be hospitalized in Kirikkale University Faculty of Medicine Physical Therapy Hospital and will receive stroke rehabilitation. The number of patients will be determined to be approximately 24 according to the power analysis. Patients meeting the inclusion criteria and excluding the exclusion criteria will be randomized according to the order of arrival and divided into 2 groups as the training group and the control group. Patients will be randomized using block randomization. Routine conventional physical therapy will be applied to the patients in the vibration group in 4 weeks and 45 minutes sessions. In addition, 30 Hz, 3 days a week, immediately after the sessions, to the forearm extensor group muscles with ''Conformité Européene'' certified vibration device. frequency vibration will be applied. A vibration session will be as follows; 6 sets of vibrations will be applied, including 1 set of 1 minute vibration and 2 minutes of rest. Routine conventional physical therapy will be applied to the control group in 4 weeks and 45 minute sessions.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed with stroke
• Cognitive and without communication problems
• Patients with active movement in the upper extremities

Exclusion criteria

• People who have undergone botulinum toxin application to the upper extremity
• Significant cognitive impairment that will interfere with functional evaluation
• Deformity and / or contracture in the upper extremity due to fractures, inflammatory arthropathy, etc.
• Infection, skin lesion or hematoma at the application site

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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24 participants in 2 patient groups

Vibration Group

Experimental group

Description:

Routine conventional physical therapy will be applied to patients in the vibration group in 4 weeks and 45 minutes sessions. In addition, right after the sessions, 3 days a week, 30 Hz. frequency vibration will be applied. A vibration session will be as follows; 6 sets of vibrations will be applied, including 1 set of 1 minute vibration and 2 minutes of rest.

Treatment:

Other: Routine conventional physical therapy plus Vibration session

Control Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Routine conventional physical therapy will be applied to the control group in 4 weeks and 60 minute sessions.

Treatment:

Other: Routine conventional physical therapy