EFFICACY OF MIRROR THERAPY IN IMPROVING HAND FUNCTION POST FLEXOR TENDON REPAIR

NCT05347940 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: P.T.REC/012/003533
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

This current study will be designed to prove the therapeutic effect of mirror therapy on physical function of the hand after flexor tendon repair

Conditions

Hand Tendon Injury

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Active ROM

  Active ROM of the finger with repaired tendon using Standard geniometer

  8 weeks

• Hand function

  Hand function using Michigan Hand Questionnaire

  8 weeks

• pain assessment

  pain assessment using Visual analog scale

  8 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Study group (A)

EXPERIMENTAL

Study group (A):15 patient received traditional physical therapy program in addition to motor imagery in form of mirror therapy.

Other: mirror therapy

Study group (B)

EXPERIMENTAL

Study group (B):15 patient received traditional physical therapy program only.

Other: traditional physiotherapy protocol for flexor tendon repair

Interventions

mirror therapy OTHER

A Mirror box will be used to easily create illusion. It' is a box with one mirror in the center where on each side of it, the hands are placed in a manner that the affected limb is kept covered always and the unaffected limb is kept on the other side whose reflection can be seen on the mirror.

Study group (A)

traditional physiotherapy protocol for flexor tendon repair OTHER

include stretching exercises and active ROM exercises

Study group (B)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years - 45 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Age 20-45 Males and females Flexor tendons repair All patients enrolled to the study will have their informed consent.

You may not qualify if:

• Open fractures Associated vascular injury Cruch injuries Cognitive disorders

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead

Study Sites (2)

Cairo University

Giza, Egypt

RECRUITING

Cairo university

Giza, Egypt

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Mirror Movement Therapy

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Physical Therapy Modalities; Rehabilitation; Therapeutics

Central Study Contacts

intsar salem waked

CONTACT

00201060832268; intsarswaked@cu.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: lecturer of physical therapy for surgery- cairo university

Model Details: 30 adult of both sexes will participate in this study and selected from outpatient clinic of faculty of physical therapy Cairo university. Their ages range from 20 to 45 years. Informed consent will be taken from all patients. All the adult were divided into two groups of equal number (15): Study group (A): received traditional physical therapy program in addition to motor imagery in form of mirror therapy. Study group (B): received traditional physical therapy program only.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 21, 2022
• First Posted: April 27, 2022
• Study Start: June 5, 2022
• Primary Completion: July 22, 2022
• Study Completion: July 30, 2022
• Last Updated: June 3, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

EG (2)