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Efficacy of Massage in Stroke Spasticity

NCT01448980 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 396

Last updated 2014-06-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Stroke is one of the common diseases in the elderly. It is the third ranking cause of death and affects health care system in our country. One of the most important consequences of stroke is spasticity. Some stroke patients suffered from severe spasticity or hypersensitive reflex to stimuli. It can cause contracture, limit self care function, transfer or ambulation. Most of stroke patients have to depend on their relatives or families.

Conditions

  • Stroke; Sequelae

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Thai Traditional Massage (TTM)

Thai Traditional Massage will receive massage 2 time per week for 6 weeks

PROCEDURE

Physical therapy program

Physical therapy program 2 times per week for 6 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mahidol University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Vilai Kuptniratsaikul, MD · Rehabilitation Medicine Department, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-05-31
Primary Completion
2014-06-30
Completion
2014-06-30

Countries

  • Thailand

Study Locations

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