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The aim of the study is the measurement of the short term effect of post surgical mirror therapy concerning pain intensity and frequency of patients with upper or lower amputation in comparison to standard occupational or physical therapy. The hypothesis is that patients in the intervention group (mirror therapy) suffer significantly less from phantom limb pain and pain attacks within a follow-up period of 4-8 weeks.


Clinical Trial Description

Aim:

- Measurement of the short term effect of post surgical/ post-operative mirror therapy concerning pain intensity of patients with upper or lower amputation in comparison to standard occupational/ physical therapy

- Hypothesis: patients in the intervention group (mirror therapy) suffer from significant less phantom limb pain and a lower pain frequency within a follow-up period of 4-8 weeks

Methods:

- Design: multicenter, prospective, randomized controlled trial

- Participants: 70, 35 per intervention and con-trol group

- Intervention group: treatment sessions of 60 minutes with mirror therapy over a period of 14 days starting directly post surgical (24-48 hours)

- Control group: receive treatment session of 60 minutes with the same treatment frequency over a period of 14 days

- Measurement tools:

Primary objectives

- pain intensity (11 point NRS, phantom limb in-tensity)

- pain frequency (amount of pain attacks) Secondary objectives

- diary

- daily assessment of mirror and physical thera-py sessions

- analysis:

- in significant differences between the groups a covariance analysis will be performed

- comparison of medians ;


Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


NCT number NCT01913899
Study type Interventional
Source Ruhr University of Bochum
Contact Andreas Schwarzer, Dr. Dr.
Phone 0049-234-3023430
Email andreas.schwarzer@rub.de
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date April 2013
Completion date March 2014

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