Data collection
spasticity
Patients were asked to be present, and the study was taken place at the Patients’ Service Unit, Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Before being assigned to one of two treatment groups, all subjects received a description of the study. After the participants had signed the informed written consent, they were randomly assigned to the rESWT treatment group or the TENS treatment group. The experimental group was treated with rESWT and the control group was treated with TENS. All the subjects were gone through examination criteria to assess the spasticity level and the functional ability level of their affected upper limb. The modified Ashworth scale (MAS) was used to assess the spasticity grading, and voluntary control of the affected hand was assessed with voluntary control grading (VCG). Fugl-Meyer motor assessment scale for upper limb (FMA-UL) and action research arm test (ARAT) were used to assess the functional ability of the affected upper limb. Subjects were not exposed unnecessarily throughout the clinical examination.