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IRCT201204289575N1 IRCT 2013-03-22 Vice Chancellor for Research, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences The effect of mirror therapy on rehabilitation of stroke patients A clinical trial on the effect of mirror therapy in comparison with routine physiotherapy on motor abilities of patients with stroke patients 2012-11-21 anticipated 40 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/10151 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Not blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Treatment, Other design features: Coin dropping will be use for random assignment in two groups of intervention and control. i.e. the clients with first session of physiotherapy in odd days will be assigned to test group and the others whose first session in even days will be assigned to control group. 2 stroke. Intervention 1: Intervention will be 20 sessions of 30-minute mirror therapy, i.e. flexion and extension of upper and lower extremities of affected and healthy ones in front of mirror and observe just the mirror image. Upper and lower extremity motor abilities will be assessed before, at 5th, 10th, 15th and last sessions of intervention using motor recovery scale, function Index Measure, Function Ambulation Classification, Barthel Index Scale and the range of motion will be measured by goniometry. Intervention 2: Control group will perform all physiotherapy exercises of upper and lower extremities without mirror.
public Mahnaz Bahrami
Ebn-e Sina St. Doktora Crossing
Mashhad Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9137913199 +98 51 1859 1511 bahramim901@mum.ac.ir; bahrami_mb_66@yahoo.com; bahramim901@gmail.com Mashhad Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery scientific Seyed Reza Mazlom
Ebn-e Sina St. Doktora Crossing, Daneshgah Ave.
Mashhad Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9137913199 +98 51 1859 1511 mazlomr@mums.ac.ir Mashhad Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iran (Islamic Republic of) Inclusion criteria: 1. At least 1 month after stroke. 2. Conducting routine rehabilitation program. 3. Score of 1-3 from motor recovery index. 4. No severe cognitive, verbal and visual disorder, history of dementia, Global aphasia or any visual disorder based on neurologist examination. 5. First experience of stroke. 6. No disease resulting in motor defects. Exclusion criteria: 1. Repetitive stroke. 2. No tendency for continuing rehabilitation program. 3. Any disease such as hemi anesthesia, trauma, severe infection, etc which cause to stop rehabilitation program. 4. Absent in 4 intermittent sessions or 2 subsequent sessions of course. 30 years 65 years Both 167.9 Cerebrovascular disease, unspecified Rehabilitation Rehabilitation Intervention will be 20 sessions of 30-minute mirror therapy, i.e. flexion and extension of upper and lower extremities of affected and healthy ones in front of mirror and observe just the mirror image. Upper and lower extremity motor abilities will be assessed before, at 5th, 10th, 15th and last sessions of intervention using motor recovery scale, function Index Measure, Function Ambulation Classification, Barthel Index Scale and the range of motion will be measured by goniometry. Control group will perform all physiotherapy exercises of upper and lower extremities without mirror. Motor ability of upper extremity. Timepoint: before, 5th, 10th, 15th and last sessions of intervention. Method of measurement: Goniometry, Barthel Index Scale, Motor Recovery Index. Motor ability of lower extremity. Timepoint: before, 5th, 10th, 15th and last sessions of intervention. Method of measurement: Goniometry, Function Ambulation Classification, Barthel Index Scale, Function Index Measure, Motor Recovery Index. Vice Chancellor for Research, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Approved 2012-10-27 Ethics committee of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Mashhad Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Ebn-e Sina St. Doktora Crossroads. Mashhad Iran (Islamic Republic of)