Health Condition 1: null- Patients diagnosed with stroke with paralysis limited to one side and age more than 18 years.
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Mental imagery combined with physical practice: Physical practice without mental imagery will be the comparator arm
Intervention2: Mental Imagery: The intervention in experimental group
Sponsors
JIPMER
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Patients diagnosed with stroke (old cases admitted in the stroke recovery ward and new case) in JIPMER 2.Paralysis limited to one side 3.Nadir hand function level >Brunnstorm III 4.Sufficiently preserved comprehension, attention and intelligence. 5.Patients who have Preserved abilities to speak and understand Tamil or Malayalam or English (languages that the instructor is familiar) 6.Age more than 18 years.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Subjects with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis/with severe cardiac problems /other medications which need immediate intervention . 2.Subjects with persistent language deficit, neglect/inattention. 3.Those with dyspnea, cardiac failure or other debilitating systemic illness, who cannot perform the physical practices involving the procedure 4.Patients with significant visual or hearing impairments. 5.Patients who are taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors/benzodiazepines and those who diagnosed with depression or other major psychiatric disorders or cognitive impairment or dementia.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To evaluate whether combining mental imagery with physical practice is superior to physical practice alone in enhancing hand function in patients with stroke Timepoint: 30th day after starting the intervention | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| NILTimepoint: Not Applicable | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactUnni KrishnanSV
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (www.jipmer.edu.in)
Outcome results
None listed