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Mirror Therapy Combined With TENS for Motor Recovery in Paretic Upper Limbs of Chronic Stroke Patients

NCT06770712 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2025-05-21

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Summary

The aim of this study is to determine whether mirror therapy, applied in addition to bilateral upper extremity transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in patients with chronic stroke, has an additive effect on upper extremity motor recovery

Conditions

  • Hemiplegia

Interventions

OTHER

Mirror therapy

The patients were asked to sit in front of a table at an appropriate height and rest their arms on the table. A mirror was placed between both arms. The mirror was positioned so that the reflection of the healthy extremity overlapped with the paralytic extremity. In this way, the movements of the healthy upper extremity were viewed through the mirror, creating a visual movement illusion for the hemiplegic upper extremity. During the mirror therapy, exercises including forearm supination-pronation, wrist flexion-extension, finger flexion-extension, finger counting, grasping and releasing a cup, grasping and releasing a ball, and writing with a pen were performed. First, 30 minutes of bilateral TENS therapy were applied, followed by 30 minutes of mirror therapy

DEVICE

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation

Received stimulation on the extensor muscles of the hand fingers of both the intact and paretic sides, with a frequency of 100 Hz, pulse width of 200 microseconds, and a biphasic symmetric pulse for 30 minutes. The intensity of the current was adjusted to a level that produced a visible, comfortable muscle contraction. Self-adhesive electrodes, measuring 5x5 cm, were placed on the extensor surface of the forearm, 5 cm distal to the olecranon, parallel to the long axis of the muscle. Electrical stimulation was applied using the Cefar Rehab X2 device (DJO France SAS).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Istanbul Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • İlhan KARACAN, Professor Doctor · T.C SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ İSTANBUL FİZİK TEDAVİ REHABİLİTASYON EĞİTİM VE ARAŞTIRMA HASTANESİ

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-10-30
Primary Completion
2024-09-02
Completion
2024-12-27

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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