Proximal Priority Versus Distal Priority Robotic Priming Effects in Patients With Chronic Stroke

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Conditions studied: Stroke

In brief

This is a single-blind randomized comparative efficacy study involving 54-72 participants with chronic stroke. Participants will be randomized into proximal priority robotic group or distal priority robotic group and receive 18 intervention sessions (90 min/d, 3 d/wk for 6 weeks). The Fugl-Meyer Assessment Upper Extremity subscale, Medical Research Council Scale, Revised Nottingham Sensory Assessment, and Wolf Motor Function Test will be administered at baseline, after treatment, and at the 3-month follow-up. Two-way repeated-measures analysis of variance and the Chi-Square Automatic Interaction Detector Method will be used to examine the comparative efficacy and predictors of outcome, respectively, after intervention.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04446273

Run by

National Taiwan University Hospital

People needed

72

Starts

2020-07-03

Expected to finish

2026-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-02-25

Who can join

Age: 20 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• The inclusion criteria are age between 20 and 75 years old, more than 3 months after the onset of a first unilateral ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke, moderate to severe UE motor impairment (i.e., total UE score of the Fugl-Meyer Assessment [FMA] score between 18 and 56), no severe spasticity in any joints of the affected arm (modified Ashworth Scale score <3 in any of the affected shoulder, elbow, wrist, and fingers), able to follow instructions (Mini-Mental State Examination total score >24), no UE fractures in the past 3 months, and not simultaneously participating in other medication or rehabilitation studies.

You may not qualify if…

• The exclusion criteria are other neurologic, neuromuscular, or orthopedic disease, such as epilepsy, or severe health or physical conditions that might impede participation in this study.

Where it is running

• National Taiwan University Hospital — Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan (enrolling)
• Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital — New Taipei City, Taiwan (enrolling)
• Fongyuan Hospital — Taichung, Taiwan (enrolling)
• Taipei Municipal Wan Fang Hospital — Taipei, Taiwan (enrolling)

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