An intensive rehabilitation clinic for upper limb recovery after stroke.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: stroke; Stroke - Haemorrhagic; Stroke - Ischaemic; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy

• Registration Number: ACTRN12623000452695
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of South Australia

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-05-02
• Study Completion: 2024-02-16
• Last Update Posted: 29 April 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 39

Inclusion Criteria

People with chronic stroke (greater than 3 months post ictus) will be recruited. Aged at least 18 years, discharged from rehabilitation, any upper-limb sensorimotor impairment (determined by Fugl-Meyer Upper Limb assessment, scoring less than or equal to 62/66).

Exclusion Criteria

Painful shoulder limiting ability to undertake rehabilitation, unstable medical conditions, inability to provide informed consent (determined by cognitive screening with MoCA (score at least 26). Those meeting an exclusion criterion may subsequently receive relevant medical input and be re-assessed for potential inclusion at a later time. For example, a patient may not meet eligibility for this study due to shoulder pain, but choose to seek relevant medical input and be re-evaluated for eligibility.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Feasibility of delivering an intensive rehabilitation program. This will be assessed against the following criteria. If all 4 criteria are met, this program will be considered feasible.<br>1) greater than 50% of eligible participants who express interest in this project go on to consent to participate (determined from recruitment and consent rates in recruitment logs)<br>2) greater than 80% of participants achieve 18h of therapy a week (determined from exercise logs)<br>3) greater than 80% of participants complete 5 weeks of the program (determined from attendance logs) and <br>4) greater than 80% of participants report the program was useful, helpful and acceptable (Likert scales at least =4/5, determined at end of intervention).[ End of intervention]