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Functional Outcome of Hemiplegic Upper Extremity in Patients With Subacute Stroke After Kinesiotaping and Rehabilitation

NCT04027985 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 41

Last updated 2021-07-29

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Summary

1. To explore the role of sonoelastography with shear wave velocity to assess poststroke spasticity of affected arm and forearm muscles in patients with stroke.
2. To investigate the effects of Kinesiotaping applications on motor recovery, functional performance, and spasticity of affected upper extremity in patients with subacute stroke.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Kinesiotaping

inesio tape would be applied over the extensor muscles of the affected hand for facilitating the extension of hand. We will apply the tape from the upper 1/3 length of dorsal side of the forearm and split the tape into five equal bars to the distal interphalangeal joint of each finger along the finger bones. This intervention would be executed for five days per week for three weeks.

OTHER

Hand rehabilitation program

In the thirty-minute hand rehabilitation program, a motor-relearning theory would be implemented into the intervention by teaching the participants how to use their upper limb properly without any compensatory motions. Therefore, for establishing a correct movement pattern, an occupational therapist would provide a hand-guided activity, in which the participants could practice reaching movement as well as hand grasp and release in a more natural way. Besides, the therapist would also help the patients release their muscle tone by stretching the spastic muscles for five minutes before and after this hand rehabilitation period.

OTHER

Sham taping

A short piece of kinesio tape would be cut into half and applied over the lateral side of the forearm from the lateral epicondyle till the half of the forearm. The tape would not cover the both the flexor and extensor muscle bellies.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Yuchi Huang · Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-11-01
Primary Completion
2021-02-05
Completion
2021-02-05

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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