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Task-oriented Exercises and Mirror Therapy After Flexor Tendon Repair
Sponsor: Cairo University
Summary
The main objective of the study is to explore the effect of intervention with task-oriented exercises and mirror therapy on the outcomes of hand function post flexor tendon repair.
Official title: Impact of Task-oriented Exercises and Mirror Therapy on Hand Functions Post Flexor Tendon Repair
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 45 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
66
Start Date
2025-09-15
Completion Date
2026-09-15
Last Updated
2025-09-16
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Task-oriented exercises and mirror therapy
Patients in this group will receive task-oriented exercises 3 sessions per week for 6 weeks.Therapy will include the following functional tasks: reaching, grasping or holding, lifting, placing objects, and counting fingers.Mirror therapy group: 3 sessions per week for 6 weeks.A mirror will be placed on the learning table, and exercises will be carried out by the patient looking into the mirror, where an unaffected limb would be placed in front of the mirror. Through looking into the mirror, the patient will assume the reflection of the unaffected limb is the affected limb. Exercises will be performed by hand opening and closing, wrist extension and flexion, squeezing, opposition, calculation, and finger flexion and extension.
Task-oriented exercises
Patients in this group received task-oriented exercises 3 sessions per week for 6 weeks.Therapy included the following functional tasks: reaching, grasping or holding, lifting, placing objects, and counting fingers.
Mirror Therapy
Mirror therapy group 3sessions per week for 6 weeks. Mirror will be placed on the learning table and exercises will be carried out by the patient looking into the mirror where an unaffected limb would be placed in front of the mirror, through looking into the mirror patient will assume the reflection of the unaffected limb as the affected limb. Exercises will be performed hand opening and closing, wrist extension and flexion, squeezing, opposition, the calculation, finger flexion and extension.
Locations (1)
CairoU
Cairo, Egypt