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Intensive Therapy of Shoulder External Rotators in Erb's Palsy

NCT04979689 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2021-07-28

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Summary

Erb's palsy is a common neurological injury occurs at the time of birth. It causes injury to the upper trunk nerve root c5-c6, i.e., supply is around shoulder and muscles of forearm and these nerves network from the spine and pass through the cervicoaxillary canal in the neck and the ribs and emerge into the axilla. Restoring external rotation in erb's palsy is quite difficult and mostly surgery is recommended but if physiotherapy sessions are given with extended time up to 2 hours and latest techniques are applied to strengthen external rotators then range of external rotation can be improved.

Conditions

  • Erbs Palsy

Interventions

OTHER

Intensive physical therapy

Intensive physical therapy treatment protocol was given for 3 months 3 times a week including 1.5- 2-hour session. Pre and post treatment assessments were taken. It included stretching for 20 min, Proprioception on ball for 20 minutes, quadruped for 10 min, vibration therapy for 20 min, tapping twice a month for 5 days, sensory therapy with beans for 20 min, supine lying with hand below head for 10-15 min, texturing for 15 min and activity of making tower with cups and hitting in outward direction for 15-20 min.

OTHER

Non intensive physical therapy

Non intensive therapy included 45 min session 3 times a week for 3 months. Pre and post treatment assessments were taken. The protocol included stretching for 20 min, cross friction massage for 15 min, Ball catch and throw for 15 min. progression was made from light to heavy weight ball.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Riphah International University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mehwish Ikram, MS · Riphah International University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
9 Months
Max Age
12 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-10-30
Primary Completion
2021-05-30
Completion
2021-06-30

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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