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Cold Therapy and Cross-Education of Muscle Strength

NCT04886843 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 25

Last updated 2021-05-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate whether a cold application to the contralateral (affected side) extremity in addition to unilateral neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) application has a facilitating effect on muscle strength in post-stroke hemiplegia patients.

Conditions

  • Cerebrovascular Stroke
  • Muscle Weakness

Interventions

OTHER

Cold pack

Five minutes cold pack was applied on the affected side dorsiflexor muscle skin, a five-minute break was given and a further 5-minute cold application was repeated

DEVICE

NMES

NMES was applied to the nonaffected side ankle dorsiflexors

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Istanbul Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Ilhan Karacan, Assoc Prof · Istanbul Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Training & Research Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-01-23
Primary Completion
2020-10-30
Completion
2020-10-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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