Contracture preventive positioning of the hemiplegic arm in subacute stroke patients: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of a contracture preventive positioning procedure for the hemiplegic arm in subacute stroke patients in addition to conventional physio- and occupational therapy. Design: A single-blind pilot randomized controlled trial. Setting: Inpatient neurological uni...

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Main Authors: De Jong, Lex, Nieuwboer, A., Aufdemkampe, G.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD 2006
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Nieuwboer, A.
Aufdemkampe, G.
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Nieuwboer, A.
Aufdemkampe, G.
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description Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of a contracture preventive positioning procedure for the hemiplegic arm in subacute stroke patients in addition to conventional physio- and occupational therapy. Design: A single-blind pilot randomized controlled trial. Setting: Inpatient neurological units from three rehabilitation centres in the Netherlands. Subjects: Nineteen subacute stroke patients (minus two drop-outs) with a severe motor deficit of the arm. Interventions: All subjects underwent conventional rehabilitation care. Nine subjects additionally received a positioning procedure for two 30-min sessions a day, five days a week, for five weeks. Main measures: Passive range of motion of five arm movements using a hydrogoniometer and resistance to passive movement at the elbow using the Ashworth Scale. Secondary outcome measures were pain at the end range of passive motions, the arm section of the Fugl-Meyer Assessment and Barthel Index scores for ADL-independence. Outcome measures were taken after five weeks and additional measurements after 10 weeks by two assessors blinded to group allocation. Results: Comparison of the experimental (n = 9) with the control subjects (n = 8) after five weeks showed that additional positioning significantly slowed down development of shoulder abduction contracture (P = 0.042, -5.3 degrees versus -23 degrees). No other differences were found between the groups. Conclusions: Applying a contracture preventive positioning procedure for the hemiplegic arm slowed down the development of shoulder abduction contracture. Positioning did not show significant additional value on other outcome measures. Since the sample size was small, results of this study need future verification. © 2006 SAGE Publications.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-794912020-08-05T07:11:57Z Contracture preventive positioning of the hemiplegic arm in subacute stroke patients: A pilot randomized controlled trial De Jong, Lex Nieuwboer, A. Aufdemkampe, G. Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Rehabilitation FUGL-MEYER ASSESSMENT MINI-MENTAL-STATE FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL-STIMULATION MEDIAL LEMNISCAL SYSTEM THUMB LOCALIZING TEST SHOULDER PAIN INTERMITTENT STRETCH IMMOBILIZED MUSCLE CLINICAL FINDINGS ASSESSMENT SCALE Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of a contracture preventive positioning procedure for the hemiplegic arm in subacute stroke patients in addition to conventional physio- and occupational therapy. Design: A single-blind pilot randomized controlled trial. Setting: Inpatient neurological units from three rehabilitation centres in the Netherlands. Subjects: Nineteen subacute stroke patients (minus two drop-outs) with a severe motor deficit of the arm. Interventions: All subjects underwent conventional rehabilitation care. Nine subjects additionally received a positioning procedure for two 30-min sessions a day, five days a week, for five weeks. Main measures: Passive range of motion of five arm movements using a hydrogoniometer and resistance to passive movement at the elbow using the Ashworth Scale. Secondary outcome measures were pain at the end range of passive motions, the arm section of the Fugl-Meyer Assessment and Barthel Index scores for ADL-independence. Outcome measures were taken after five weeks and additional measurements after 10 weeks by two assessors blinded to group allocation. Results: Comparison of the experimental (n = 9) with the control subjects (n = 8) after five weeks showed that additional positioning significantly slowed down development of shoulder abduction contracture (P = 0.042, -5.3 degrees versus -23 degrees). No other differences were found between the groups. Conclusions: Applying a contracture preventive positioning procedure for the hemiplegic arm slowed down the development of shoulder abduction contracture. Positioning did not show significant additional value on other outcome measures. Since the sample size was small, results of this study need future verification. © 2006 SAGE Publications. 2006 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79491 10.1191/0269215506cre1007oa English SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD restricted
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Rehabilitation
FUGL-MEYER ASSESSMENT
MINI-MENTAL-STATE
FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL-STIMULATION
MEDIAL LEMNISCAL SYSTEM
THUMB LOCALIZING TEST
SHOULDER PAIN
INTERMITTENT STRETCH
IMMOBILIZED MUSCLE
CLINICAL FINDINGS
ASSESSMENT SCALE
De Jong, Lex
Nieuwboer, A.
Aufdemkampe, G.
Contracture preventive positioning of the hemiplegic arm in subacute stroke patients: A pilot randomized controlled trial
title Contracture preventive positioning of the hemiplegic arm in subacute stroke patients: A pilot randomized controlled trial
title_full Contracture preventive positioning of the hemiplegic arm in subacute stroke patients: A pilot randomized controlled trial
title_fullStr Contracture preventive positioning of the hemiplegic arm in subacute stroke patients: A pilot randomized controlled trial
title_full_unstemmed Contracture preventive positioning of the hemiplegic arm in subacute stroke patients: A pilot randomized controlled trial
title_short Contracture preventive positioning of the hemiplegic arm in subacute stroke patients: A pilot randomized controlled trial
title_sort contracture preventive positioning of the hemiplegic arm in subacute stroke patients: a pilot randomized controlled trial
topic Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Rehabilitation
FUGL-MEYER ASSESSMENT
MINI-MENTAL-STATE
FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL-STIMULATION
MEDIAL LEMNISCAL SYSTEM
THUMB LOCALIZING TEST
SHOULDER PAIN
INTERMITTENT STRETCH
IMMOBILIZED MUSCLE
CLINICAL FINDINGS
ASSESSMENT SCALE
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79491