Improving Recovery After Stroke Via Electrical Stimulation of Proprioceptors

Stopped early · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Chronic Stroke Survivors

In brief

The overall objective of the study is to test whether the use of small electrical currents to stimulate proprioceptors of the upper limb has potential for improving robot-assisted upper-limb rehabilitation in stroke survivors.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01689883

Run by

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

People needed

1

Starts

2011-08-01

Expected to finish

2013-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-04-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• unilateral and cortical, subcortical, or cerebellar stroke
• 6 months post-stroke
• Upper extremity impairments but able to move upper extremity against gravity 25% of the range
• Ability to understand directions and follow simple instructions
• Medically stable
• Upper Extremity Fugl-Meyer between 28 and 55
• At least four (4) months since last botox treatment
• Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) ≥ 23

You may not qualify if…

• Participation in other forms of therapy/ intervention for upper extremity motor recovery
• Upper extremity or trunk fractures
• Severe fixed contractures affecting the upper limbs
• Severe perceptual deficits or visual field impairments
• Severe cognitive deficits
• Pregnant women
• Presence of an implanted electrically operated medical device
• Evidence of more than one clinical stroke
• Serious medical or neurological illness
• History of head trauma or cerebral infectious disease

Where it is running

• Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Boston — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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