Stroke. Cerebral infarction
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: The study included wrist flexor muscles (carpal ulnaris flexor and carpi radialis flexor). Patients underwent 3 sessions for (every other day) for deep wrist flexio
Sponsors
University of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: disease duration of at least six months first ever stroke wrist flexor MMAS spasticity score 1 up to 3 Taking no antispastic drug 24 hour before of the entrance to study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: contraindications to Dry Needling presence of any other neurological disorder Fixed muscle contractures at the wrist joint
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Consistency corticospinal tract by fractional anisotropy value severity of spasticity. Timepoint: One day before the intervention and one day after the third intervention session. Method of measurement: Corticospinal tract imaging device OR Difussion tensor imaging MMAS. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Wrist active ROM EXT Dexterity of hand. Timepoint: One day before intervention and on day after end of intervention. Method of measurement: Goniometer.;Wrist passive ROM EXT. Timepoint: One day before intervention and on day after end of intervention. Method of measurement: Goniometer.;Hand dexterity. Timepoint: One day before intervention and on day after end of intervention. Method of measurement: Box and Block test. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactMasoome ebrahimzadeh
University of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences
Outcome results
None listed