The influence of a robot-mediated functional arm training protocol on arm function of chronic stroke patients
Completed
- Conditions
- cerebrovascular accidentstroke10007963
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON31273
- Lead Sponsor
- Revalidatiecentrum Het Roessingh
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 15
Inclusion Criteria
Stroke at least 6 months prior to admittance to experiment
Right upper extremity affected (experimental set-up only suitable for right arm)
Receiving/having received treatment at the Roessingh Centre of Rehabilitation
Ability to lift arm (partly) against gravity
Exclusion Criteria
Shoulder pain, either in rest or in movement
Additional neurologic, orthopaedic or rheumatologic disease of right upper extremity, which is likely to interfere with mobility and/or strenght of the arm
Inability to understand and follow instructions
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Primary study parameters are intra-subject changes in muscle activity and<br /><br>biomechanics of arm movements (at the impairment level).</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The Fugl-Meyer assessment, the Motricity Index (both are clinical scores of the<br /><br>motor status of the arm) and the Action Research Arm Test (for functional<br /><br>abilities of the arm) are included to examine changes at the functional level.</p><br>