Publication: Caregiver Delivered Sensory Electrical Stimulation for Post Stroke Upper Limb Spasticity: A Single Blind Crossover Randomized Feasibility Study
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2020-01-01
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21907196
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21907188
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Mahidol University
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Health and Technology. (2020)
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Mark L. Reeves, Chayaporn Chotiyarnwong, Krishnan Padmakumari Sivaraman Nair, Martin Slovak, T. Jamie Healey, Avril D. McCarthy, Louise Patterson, Katharine Lavender, Linda Strachan, Ali N. Ali, Kathleen Baster Caregiver Delivered Sensory Electrical Stimulation for Post Stroke Upper Limb Spasticity: A Single Blind Crossover Randomized Feasibility Study. Health and Technology. (2020). doi:10.1007/s12553-020-00436-3 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/56143
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Caregiver Delivered Sensory Electrical Stimulation for Post Stroke Upper Limb Spasticity: A Single Blind Crossover Randomized Feasibility Study
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© 2020, The Author(s). We developed a 64 channel sensory electrical stimulator which delivers a dynamic and variable ‘Sensory Barrage’ Stimulation (SBS). Our aim was to assess the feasibility of caregivers delivering the stimulation in the community for a clinical trial comparing single channel Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) with SBS for post stroke upper limb spasticity. We trained caregivers of 16 participants with post stroke upper limb spasticity to sequentially administer SBS and TENS for 60 min daily for four weeks each, with a washout period of two weeks in between. Outcome measures tested were recruitment and retention rates, compliance with interventions and daily recording of Participant -reported Numerical Rating Scale (NRS). We also collected results of Action Research Arm Test (ARAT), Leeds Arm Spasticity Impact Scale (LASIS) and Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) for spasticity. Out of 21 potential participants, 16 consented and 15 completed the protocol. Ten participants received TENS for 80% (23/28) of the intended hours. Eleven participants completed NRS for at 80% (45/56) of the study days. All participants attended all visits. The MAS reduced by at least one in five participants after SBS and in three after TENS. Minimal Clinically Important Difference (MCID) of four points increase in ARAT was seen in five participants following TENS, and in four following SBS. A MCID of 18% decrease in NRS was reported by eight participants after TENS and three after SBS. This study demonstrated the feasibility of undertaking a trial of sensory electrical stimulation for post-stroke spasticity with caregivers delivering intervention in community. The study was not powered to detect efficacy of the interventions. Trial registration number: NCT02907775.Date 20-9-2016.