Task-oriented Exercises and Mirror Therapy After Flexor Tendon Repair

NCT07152548 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: P.T.REC/012/005415
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 66
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief 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.

Conditions

Flexor Tendon Injury

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• ROM of wrist joints, proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint and distal interphalangeal (DIP) joint of the involved digits of the involved hand for each patient.

  The standard values for AROM movements in the wrist and hand are: Wrist flexion: 80°-90° Wrist extension: 70°-90° Finger flexion: MCP: 85°-90° PIP: 100°-115° DIP: 80°-90° MCP extension: 30°-45°

  pre- and post-6 weeks of treatment

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• the Arabic version of the Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire

  pre- and post-6 weeks of treatment

Study Arms (3)

Task-oriented exercises

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Other: Task-oriented exercises

Mirror Therapy

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Other: Mirror Therapy

Task-oriented exercises and mirror therapy

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Other: Task-oriented exercises and mirror therapy

Interventions

Task-oriented exercises and mirror therapy OTHER

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 and mirror therapy

Task-oriented exercises OTHER

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.

Task-oriented exercises

Mirror Therapy OTHER

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.

Mirror Therapy

Eligibility Criteria

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead

Study Sites (1)

CairoU

Cairo, Egypt

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Martinez-Fernandez MV, Sarabia-Cobo CM, Sanchez-Labraca N. Cross-cultural adaptation, reliability, validity and responsiveness of the Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire (MHQ-Sp) in Spain. J Orthop Surg Res. 2024 Apr 22;19(1):256. doi: 10.1186/s13018-024-04723-x.

  PMID: 38649996 BACKGROUND

• Venkatramani H, Varadharajan V, Bhardwaj P, Vallurupalli A, Sabapathy SR. Flexor tendon injuries. J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2019 Sep-Oct;10(5):853-861. doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2019.08.005. Epub 2019 Aug 19.

  PMID: 31528057 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Mirror Movement Therapy

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Physical Therapy Modalities; Rehabilitation; Therapeutics

Study Officials

• Eman M Elshamy, B.Sc. of physical therapy

  Cairo University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Karim I Saafan, Lecturer of Physical Therapy

CONTACT

+201110127251; dr.karim.saafan@gmail.com

Hesham G Mahran, Professor of Physical Therapy

CONTACT

+201030792492; heshammahran@cu.edu.eg

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: Physiotherapist

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 26, 2025
• First Posted: September 3, 2025
• Study Start: September 15, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): September 15, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): September 15, 2026
• Last Updated: September 16, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

EG (1)