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Mirror Therapy with Cutaneous Electrical Sensory Stimulation on Lower Limb Motor Functions in Stroke
Sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Summary
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of concurrent mirror therapy (MT) and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) in augmenting the efficacy of the lower limb task-oriented training in people with stroke. It is hypothesize that MT combined with TENS would be superior to sham-mirror therapy with TENS, or MT with placebo-TENS, or control training only in improving lower limb motor functions and walking ability in people with stroke when combined with the lower limb task-oriented training.
Official title: Effect of Mirror Therapy with Cutaneous Electrical Sensory Stimulation on Lower Limb Motor Functions in People with Stroke: a Single-blinded Randomized Controlled Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
55 Years - 85 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
100
Start Date
2018-07-02
Completion Date
2025-06-01
Last Updated
2024-10-03
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
MT
A customised angle-adjustable frame with a mirror board (60 × 90 cm) will be used. All subjects are instructed to perform hip flexion/abduction, knee flexion/extension and ankle dorsiflexion/plantarflexion on the intact-limb during a 15 minutes period.
TENS
TENS will be delivered to the common peroneal nerve of the paretic leg. The stimulation frequency will be 100Hz and with an intensity just below the motor threshold.
Lower-limb task-oriented training
The lower-limb task-oriented training comprises 6 exercises, namely stepping up and down, heel lift a dorsiflexed position, partial squatting, kicking a ball with alternate legs, gait re-education and transition training. Each exercise last for 10 minutes
Locations (1)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong, Hong Kong