Effects Of Sensory Training and Electrical Stimulation in Sole of The Foot on Proprioceptive and Cortical Sensations in Patients With Acute Hemiplegia
Phase: NA
Conditions: Hemiplegia, Stroke, Acute, Sensory Disorders
Sponsor: Yeditepe University

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Effects Of Sensory Training and Electrical Stimulation 
on Sole of The Foot Sensations in Patients With Acute 
Hemiplegia 
   
PT. CANSU HAYIROĞLU   
YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   
17.02.2020   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 

Study Protocol   
  
Objective: To investigate the effects of the sole of foot sensory education and electrical 
stimulation on proprioceptive and cortical senses in patients with acute hemiplegia, applied 5 
days per week for 3 weeks.  
 
Design: A controlled clinical trial.  
Participants: 15 subjects with an average age of 69.4±8.3 years will be included in the sensory 
education group and 15 subjects with an average age of 65.8±7.2 years will be included in the 
electrical stimulation group.  
Methods: All participants would be treated with a neurodevelopmental treatment approach. In 
addition to neurodevelopmental treatment, 20 minutes sensory training for the sensory 
education group and 20 minutes ‘conventional TENS’ for the electrical stimulation group 
would be given for 15 sessions 5 days a week. Patients will be evaluated twice before and 
after treatment. The cognitive level of the patients will be evaluated with Mini-Mental Test. 
The sole of foot sensations which are cortical and proprioceptive will be evaluated with 
sensory tests.  
 
          Sensory Training Group     
                                                                 
         Sensory Training   Program    
15session 20min.     
                                                                                          
                                                                                         
Neurodevelopmental     
     
Treatment                
15session 30min.