Core Stability, Symmetrical Weight-bearing Stroke

NCT06267079 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: core stability
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

To evaluate the effect of core stability exercise on symmetrical weight bearing in chronic stroke patients?

Conditions

Stroke

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Each patient was assessed by Balance Berg scales pretreatment. and repeated Measurements were taken after treatment. Each patient was assessed by Digital weight scale and Balance Berg scales

  The Berg Balance Scale (BBS) was used to assess static and dynamic balance

  six weeks

• Each patient was assessed by Digital weight scale pre treatment and repeated Measurements were taken after treatment.

  Digital weight scale:

  6 week

Study Arms (2)

study group

OTHER

Core stability Exercises. Each participant in the group (A) underwent eighteen sessions of core stability exercises very other day for one and half months, 3 sessions /week, each session for 1hour (30 minutes for core exercises then 30 minutes Selected physical therapy program). \+ Selected physical therapy program.

Other: core stability exercise

control group

OTHER

Selected physical therapy program. all participants in both groups (A \& B) had three sessions per week for a month and a half, every other day. of Selected physical therapy program which consist of (Exercises for tone modulation, balance, lower limb muscular strengthening, and stretching)

Other: core stability exercise

Interventions

core stability exercise OTHER

Each participant in the group (A) underwent eighteen sessions of core stability exercises very other day for one and half months, 3 sessions /week, each session for 1hour (30 minutes for core exercises then 30 minutes Selected physical therapy program).

control group; study group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 50 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Forty hemiparetic patients were diagnosed and referred to by a neurologist.
• All patients must be ambulant
• The spasticity of lower limbs ranges from (grade 1: 1+) according to Modified Ashworth Scale.
• Patients with sufficient cognitive abilities that enables them to understand and follow instructions (Mini-Mental Scale \>24). (
• Age ranges from 50 to 65 years in both sexes.
• Duration of stroke was more than 6 months up to 24 months. -

You may not qualify if:

• The patients were excluded if they had any of the following:
• Musculoskeletal disorders such as severe arthritis grade (3-4) of osteoarthritis, lower limb fractures less than 6 months or contractures of fixed deformity.
• Cognitive impairment (a score less than 24 according to the MMSE)
• Patients with diabetic neuropathy.
• Recurrent stroke.
• Rheumatologic or endocrinologic disorders that may cause ROM restriction.
• Patients suffering from cognitive, or emotional disturbance.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead

Study Sites (1)

faculty of physical therapy Cairo university

Cairo, Egypt

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Stroke

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Cerebrovascular Disorders; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: clinical researcher Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of Master Degree in Department of Physical Therapy for Neurology Faculty of Physical Therapy Cairo University

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 6, 2024
• First Posted: February 20, 2024
• Study Start: June 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: September 5, 2023
• Study Completion: January 1, 2024
• Last Updated: February 20, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-02

Locations

EG (1)