Effects of m CIMT and Bilateral Arm Training on Upper Extremity Chronic Stroke Patients
Condition: Stroke
MeSH terms: Stroke
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      To compare and evaluate the effects of Modified Constraint Induced Movement Therapy (mCIMT) &
      Bilateral Arm Training on upper extremity in chronic stroke patients this study will be
      conducted
    

Detailed description: 
      Stroke is the abrupt loss of neurological function, due to disturbance of the blood flow in
      the brain. There is variety of crucial sign and symptoms that can occur during stroke include
      changes in the level of consciousness and impairments of sensation and motor or cognitive
      function loss. It also includes changes in perceptual and language functions. Worldwide, 55
      million people died of stroke in 2002, and approximately 20 percent of these deaths occurred
      in South Asia. Predicting amounts of deaths from stroke will increase to 63 million in 2015
      and 78 million by 2030 with the mass occurring in the poor countries of the world.
      Rehabilitation plays a major role in minimizing activity limitation and participation
      restriction or to decrease extent of impairments. Stroke can cause variety of impairments
      which have greater impact on the patient quality of life. Hemiparesis is the common
      impairment, in which involvement of upper limb is commonly seen.

      mCIMT and BAT techniques both play an important role in the treatment of stroke. In this
      research, both techniques will be use to evaluate which treatment technique is better for
      upper extremity chronic stroke patients. Written informed consent will be taken. Each
      participant will be requested to draw either number one or number two from a box. Number one
      will be allocated to Group A and number two will be allocated to group B. The A group will
      receive mCIMT after applying conservative management and Group B will receive BAT for 5 days
      a week for 8 weeks.
    

Intervention name(s): Bilateral Arm Training; modified constrained induce movement therapy
Intervention type(s): Combination Product; Combination Product
Intervention description(s): First component of mCIMT will comprise one hour activity and a rest period of five minute given between each ten minutes of task practice. These activities will base on activities of daily living (ADL'S) and I; BAT involves in four sessions, each session involve repetitive practice of bilateral tasks for one hour and a rest period of 5 minutes. The tasks are:
Block placement- 10minutes
Peg targeting- 10 minutes
Peg inversion-10miutes
Transferring objects- 10minutes
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Intervention model description: Each participant will be requested to draw either number one or number two from a box. Number one will be allocated to Group A and number two will be allocated to group B. The A group will receive mCIMT after applying conservative treatment and Group B will receive BAT for 5 days a week for 8 weeks.
Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary purpose: Treatment
Keywords: Bilateral Arm Training (BAT); Stroke