Shoulder, or Elbow, or Wrist: What Should we Train First After a Stroke?

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Stroke

In brief

We will test on persons with chronic impairment due to stroke: 1. whether the order in which robot therapy is delivered influences outcomes (shoulder-and-elbow before wrist vs. wrist before shoulder-and-elbow). 2. whether we should train the shoulder, elbow, and wrist at the same time or on different days.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00453843

Run by

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

People needed

190

Starts

2004-06-01

Expected to finish

2010-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-10-30

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients will be included in the study if they meet the following criteria:
• naïve subjects who have never experienced robot-assisted therapy as inpatients or outpatients;
• first single focal unilateral lesion with diagnosis verified by brain imaging (MRI or CT scans) that has occurred at least 6 months prior;
• cognitive function sufficient to understand the experiments and follow instructions (Mini-Mental Status Score of 22 and higher or interview for aphasic subjects);
• average Motor Power score >= 1/5 or <= 3/5 (neither hemiplegic nor fully recovered motor function in 6 muscles of the shoulder, elbow, and wrist);
• informed written consent to participate in the study.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients will be excluded from the study if they have a fixed contraction deformity in the affected limb.

Where it is running

• Burke Medical Research Institute — White Plains, New York, United States

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