Analysis of the effect of vibration in patients with stroke

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• Last refreshed on: 27 May 2013
• Main ID: RBR-34v9px
• Date of registration: 16/02/2012
• Primary sponsor: Universidade do Vale do Sapucaí - Brazil
• Public title: Analysis of the effect of vibration in patients with stroke
• Scientific title: Analysis of the effects of low frequency vibration in patients affected by stroke
• Date of first enrolment: 03/01/2011
• Target sample size: 40
• Recruitment status: recruitment completed
• URL: http://www.ensaiosclinicos.gov.br/rg/RBR-34v9px/
• Study type: Intervention
• Study design: Therapeutic, parallel, two arms, single- blinded, randomized trial

Countries of recruitment

Brazil

Contacts

• Name: Adriana Silva
• Affiliation: Adriana Teresa Silva

• Name: Adriana Silva
• Affiliation: Adriana Teresa Silva

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Hemiparesis due to stroke with more than 3 months of injury;
Age over 30 years;
Both sexes;
without distinction of race; color and socioeconomic;
Level with mental competence assessed by the mini-mental examination and reduction of motor function assessed by rating scale Fugl-Meyer.
Exclusion criteria: Younger than 30 years;
Acute cerebral vascular accident;
low level of mental competence;
Using pacemaker;
Uncontrolled hypertension.

Age minimum: 30Y
Age maximum: 80Y
Gender: -

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

G00-G99

Sequelae of stroke, Abnormality of gait and mobility
I69.4
R26

Intervention(s)

Will be selected 40 patients with sequelae of hemiparesis due to stroke, divided into 2 groups: control (10 untreated patients) and intervention (30 patients). In the intervention group will be applied to vibration therapy three times a week for 4 weeks. The application time in the first 2 weeks will be 4 minutes and the second week of 8 minutes with 1 minute rest between each application. The instrument will be used for treatment is a vibrating platform where the patient is placed on top with knee flexed to 30 degree at a frequency of 50Hz and amplitude of 2 mm. After 30 days of application will be a reassessment of the patients

Primary Outcome(s)

Improvement in lower limb function assessed using: standard of muscle contraction - performed by electromyography; runtime task of climbing stairs - stair-climbing test, time spent deslocamente from one place to another, test and timed up and walk away covered by a period of time - test 6 minutes.

Secondary Outcome(s)

Improvement in the running speed by using the test of 6 minutes and up and walk test timed.
Improves the speed to go up through the stair climbing test.

Secondary ID(s)

1499/10

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Adriana Teresa Silva - Brazil

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Universidade do Vale do Sapucaí - Brazil