Study of the Recovery of Muscle Function in the Arm/Hand After a Stroke

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Stroke, Hemiparesis

In brief

The purpose of this study is to examine if practicing joint movements using specially designed devices can help in the recovery of muscle function in the arm/hand after a stroke. Subjects may qualify for participation in this study because they had a stroke and have had difficulty using their affected arm/hand ever since.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01422005

Run by

NYU Langone Health

People needed

53

Starts

2011-01-01

Expected to finish

2019-12-12

Last updated by the study team

2020-08-19

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Ability to follow study instructions and likely to complete all required visits; ability to comply with the therapy protocol as assessed by the investigator; must be English speaking.
• Subjects must have had a unilateral stroke

You may not qualify if…

• Severe upper extremity spasticity suggested by an Ashworth score of >3 at any joint, or restriction of full passive range of motion.
• Evidence of alcohol, drug abuse or other relevant neuropsychiatric condition such as psychotic illness or severe depression.
• Any condition or situation that, in the investigator's opinion, may put the subject at significant risk, confound the study results, or interfere significantly with the subject's participation in the study.
• History of surgery or other significant injury to either upper extremity causing mechanical limitations that preclude task performance.
• Previous neurological illness such as head trauma, prior stroke, epilepsy, or demyelinating disease.
• Complicating medical problems such as uncontrolled hypertension, diabetes with signs of polyneuropathy, severe renal, cardiac or pulmonary disease, or evidence of other concurrent neurologic or orthopedic conditions precluding the subject from complying with the study protocol

Where it is running

• New York Univeristy School of Medicine — New York, New York, United States

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