NCT07428811Recruiting
Effects of Task-Based Mirror Therapy for Post-stroke Shoulder-Hand Syndrome
Effects of Task-based Mirror Therapy on Edema, Pain and Upper Limb Motor Function for Post-stroke Shoulder-hand Syndrome
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 24 Feb 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The study aims to determine the effects of task-based mirror therapy on edema, pain and upper limb motor function with shoulder-hand syndrome in post stroke patients. This randomized clinical trial will take place at Ittefaq Hospital and Trust Lahore and Alara healthcare clinic, Lahore involving 34 participants aged 45-75 years. Using a non-probability convenience sampling method, participants will be randomly assigned by online randomizing tool into two groups: experimental group (17 participants) and control group (17 participants). Both groups will undergo treatment for 30 minutes a day, five days a week, over four weeks. Each task will be performed by repeating each movement 20 times per set for three sets, with a 2-minute break between sets. There will also be 2-minute intervals between each completed task Outcome measures will include pain intensity assessed by the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS), edema measured by the figure-of-eight method, and upper limb motor function evaluated using the Functional Independence measure (FIM). Assessments will occur at baseline and post-intervention.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 34 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 8 Dec 2025
- Start date
- 5 Nov 2025
- Primary completion date
- 12 Apr 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Riphah International University
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT07428811
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 34
- From 5 Nov 2025 to the primary completion date, 12 Apr 2026
- 2 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other
- • Participants who have medical problems or co-morbidities that interdict their participation in the study.
- Patients with severe apraxia, somatosensory problems.
- Unilateral neglect
- Severe contractures of the affected shoulder, elbow, wrist and finger.
- Participants who show the symptoms of global or receptive aphasia.
Who the study is looking for
- Both male and female patients are included in the study.
- Subacute stroke patients having stroke less than 6 months are included in this study.
- Stable participants having a stroke severity score \> 6 on National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS).
- Modified Ashworth scale score ≤ 2 of the affected upper extremity.
- Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) score ≥ 24.
- Patients who can sit with or without support.
- No contractures of the affected shoulder, elbow, wrist and fingers.
- Participants who have no history of peripheral nerve injury or musculoskeletal disease
Age in the registry: 45 years to 75 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ittefaq Hospital and Trust Lahore Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lahore | Pakistan | Recruiting |
| Alara Healthcare Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lahore | Pakistan | Recruiting |
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