Patients with stroke Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment E
Conditions
Interventions
Physical therapy 30 minutes combine with MMTP programme consisting of body scan,
movement teaching one by one for 30 minutes,
for 8 weeks.
Experimental Behavioral
Sponsors
Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University
Department of Physical Therapy
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
30 Years to 70 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Participants have had a first unilateral stroke. - Participants had a stroke more than 6 months before study enrollment. - Participants’ age range is between 30 to 70 years old. - Participants’ scores on mini–mental state examination: Thai version (MMSE–Thai 2002) should be ≥ 14 who did not study, ≥ 17 who studied primary school, and ≥ 22 who studied higher than primary school.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Participants that had an intracranial metallic or magnetic pieces (such as skull plates, cochlear implants, an internal pulse generator or medication pumps) - Participants that had an epilepsy, history or family history of seizures. - Participants that take any drug that might lower seizure threshold. - Participants that had a severe psychosis disease. - Participants that had a progressive neurodegenerative illness (such as multiple sclerosis or Parkinson disease). - Participants that had alcoholism. - Participants that had a severe heart disease or increased intracranial pressure.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Action Research Arm Test 8 weeks Performance on each item (19 items) is rated on a four-point scale | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| motor threshold, motor-evoked potential, and central motor conduction time measuring via TMS 8 weeks single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Public ContactWeeranan Yaemrattanakul
Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University
Outcome results
None listed