Functional Electrical Stimulation On Functional Rehabilitation In Children With Erb's Palsy

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Erb's palsy is a type of brachial plexus injury occurs in infants due to injury of nerves during childbirth. Injury causes weakness or paralysis of different muscles. Different type of approaches are made for the treatment of erb;s palsy such passive range of motion, stretching ,splinting ,electrotherapy etc. In erb's palsy the most affected ranges are shoulder abduction and shoulder external rotation. Quasi experimental study will be done on the patient with erb's palsy intervention applied will be functional electrical stimulation (a low frequency current) applied 5 day a weeks for 2 weeks than on alternate days for the rest of the treatment. Setting for functional electrical stimulation will be Frequency 20 pps with Pulse width of 300 msec. 18 patient will be recruited . Assumed population standard deviation4.24 Confidence level0.95 Acceptable error2. Pre-intervention reading will be taken on modified mallet scale and universal goniometer and post intervention measurement will be taken after 02, 04 ,06 months.

Official Title
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Effects Of Functional Electrical Stimulation On Functional Rehabilitation In Children With Erb's Palsy

Conditions
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Erb's Palsy

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Functional Electrical Stimulation


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Diagnosed with Erb's Palsy Children of age 15 months to 3 years Exclusion Criteria: hemiplegic cerebral palsy children with upper limb fractures obstetrical brachial plexus injury upper limb contracture

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 15 Months
Maximum Age: 3 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Other
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Functional Electrical Stimulation<br>functional electrical stimulation with Frequency 20 pps with Pulse width of 300 msec. | Other: Functional Electrical Stimulation<br>* functional electrical stimulation with Frequency 20 pps with Pulse width of 300 msec.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change in Modified mallet scale Score | Modified Mallet scale evaluation of function and arm appearance. In addition to assessing the classical shoulder functions of the classical Modified Mallet system, supination and the resting position are evaluated. In the resting position, medial rotation at the shoulder is scored on a scale of 1 to 5. 1 is the lowest score and 5 is the highest score | Baseline, 2nd, 4th and 6th Months | 
| Change in range of motion | A goniometer is an instrument that measures the available range of motion at a joint. The art and science of measuring the joint ranges in each plane of the joint are called goniometry. To measure the range of motion physical therapists most commonly use a goniometer. | Baseline, 2nd, 4th and 6th months |