Ischemic Conditioning as an Intervention to Improve Motor Function in Chronic Stroke

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Stroke

In brief

The investigators will test whether an intervention called ischemic conditioning can improve paretic leg motor function in chronic stroke subjects.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03095755

Run by

Medical College of Wisconsin

People needed

64

Starts

2016-05-01

Expected to finish

2019-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-04-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• be between the ages of 18-85
• able to give informed consent
• be ≥ 6 months post diagnosis of unilateral cortical stroke and
• have residual leg paresis.

You may not qualify if…

• chronic low back or hip pain
• substance abuse
• head trauma in last 6 months
• neurodegenerative disorder
• any uncontrolled medical condition
• any condition where knee extension contractions are contraindicated
• people who are unable to follow multi step commands.
• people who cannot walk ≥ 10 ft without physical assistance.
• history of major psychiatric disorder
• participant has had a myocardial infarction in the last year
• participant has uncontrolled hypertension
• participant is unable to contract knee muscles

Where it is running

• Marquette University — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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