CompletedNot Applicable

Blood Flow Restriction Training on Upper Limb Performance

Saudi Arabia70 participantsStarted 2025-05-30

Plain-language summary

Background; Blood flow restriction training (BFRT) is a physical intervention that promotes many beneficial muscular activities and functions when low load/intensity is used in healthy and clinical populations. Objectives: To determine the effect of BFRT on upper extremity motor function, strength, and Activity of daily living in chronic/acute stroke patients.

Who can participate

Age range30 Years – 70 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * 30 ≥ years of age. * The diagnosis of stroke * Confirmed by cranial CT and/or MRI * Hemipaises (weakness of one side of the body ), clear consciousness, stable vital signs Exclusion Criteria: * Uncontrolled hypertension * Coronary artery disease * Deep vein thrombosis * Severe osteoarthritis * Cognitive impairment, inability to cooperate * Any severe musculoskeletal problem that prevented the participants from doing resistance training * unstable complications related to heart, lung, and kidney diseases. * Serious cognitive or audio-visual impairment * Mini-Mental Scale Examination score, \<24)

What they're measuring

Muscle power

Timeframe: at base line and after 8 weeks of tretment

2- Hand grip strength

Timeframe: at base line and after 8 weeks of tretment

The Stroke Upper-Limb Capacity Scale

Timeframe: at base line and after 8 weeks of tretment

Activity of daily living by Barthel Index

Timeframe: at base line and after 8 weeks of tretment

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06859905

SponsorUniversity of Hail

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2026-04-25

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