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Mirror Therapy in Older Adults Post-stroke

NCT04668963 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2021-10-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Objective: The present work was carried out to determine the effectiveness of neuromuscular stimulation triggered by mirror therapy in older patients with post-stroke hemiplegia by two different intervention protocols, either intensively or spaced over time.

Design: Prospective longitudinal study Setting: Two Spanish rehabilitation centres. Participants: forty four aging patients (\>70 y) with diagnosed post-stroke hemiplegia were randomly distributed to intensive intervention group (5 times/week for 6 weeks), or to spaced intervention group (3 times/week for 10 weeks) which were underwent to similar number of mirror therapy sessions (n=30).

Main outcome measures: Muscle strength and activity was measured at baseline and at the end of treatment. Functional ability was also evaluated.

Conditions

  • Hemiplegia, Post-Ictal

Interventions

DEVICE

MIRROR THERAPY

patients were seated on a chair, with the mirror positioned between the upper limbs perpendicular to the subject's midline and with the unaffected upper limb facing the reflective surface. Following the physiotherapist indications, the patients observed the reflection of their unaffected limb while performing the following movements with the both arms, the affected one as good as possible: flexion and extension of the shoulder, elbow, wrist and finger, prone supination of the forearm.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Complejo Asistencial Hermanas Hospitalarias del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca

    collaborator OTHER

  • Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Juan José Hernández Morante, Ph.D. · Catholic University of Murcia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
70 Years
Max Age
100 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-09-01
Primary Completion
2020-12-07
Completion
2021-12-21

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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