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Examining the Effectiveness of Combined Rehabilitation and Botulinum Toxin Injection on Functional Improvement of the Upper Limb After Stroke

Phase 3
Conditions
Stroke
Interventions
Other: upper limb rehabiliation
Registration Number
NCT01511796
Lead Sponsor
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of a combination of "Botulinum Toxin (BT) and Upper Limb (UL) rehabilitation" compared to "BT only" on UL motor function in adults with spasticity after stroke using a pre-post design. The research question is whether combination of BT and UL rehabilitation compared to BT only is more effective in improving the UL function, range of motion and pain.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
38
Inclusion Criteria
  • over 18 years of age
  • at least 4 months post stroke
  • present with UL spasticity (MAS >1 in elbow and/or spasticity of the hand, wrist or shoulder)
  • present with at lease a stage 3 of CMSA
  • able to comply with the requirements of the protocol and UL therapy programme.
Exclusion Criteria
  • significant cognitive and speech impairments
  • other upper limb impairments such as frozen shoulder
  • another diagnosis which could contribute to upper limb spasticity .

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
upper limb rehabilitation for total of 6 monthsupper limb rehabiliationupper limb rehabiliation
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Modified Ashworthup tp 2013
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Goal attaiment Scaleup tp 2013

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Toronto Rehabiliation institute

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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