Explaining plasticity after stroke

Completed

Conditions: stroke
10007963
cerebrovascular accident

Registration Number: NL-OMON38065

Lead Sponsor: eids Universitair Medisch Centrum

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 180

Inclusion Criteria

first-ever ischemic CVA, mono-or hemiparesis as defined by NIHSS, age between 18-80 year, able to communicate, able to sit without support, motivated to participate in an intensive rehabilitation programme for 3 weeks.

Exclusion Criteria

treatment with rTPA, pacemaker or other metallic implants, previous existing orthopedic limitations of upper limb that would affect the results, botuline-toxine injections or medication that may influence upper limb function in past 3 months.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Action Research Arm Test<br /><br>focusing of cortical activity on the original physiological areas<br /><br>bending of the trunk during the standard reaching task<br /><br>velocity induced gain of the peripheral spinal reflex chain and reflex<br /><br>modulation</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Ashworth Score<br /><br>Wolf Motor Function Test<br /><br>Frenchay Arm Test<br /><br>Motricity index<br /><br>Brunnstrom Fugl Meyer arm/hand test<br /><br>Nine Hole Peg Test<br /><br>Erasmus MC Modification of the (revised) Nottingham Sensory Assessment<br /><br>Stroke Impact Scale version 3.0<br /><br>Nottingham Extended ADL<br /><br>Motor Activity Log<br /><br>O-Letter Cancellation Test<br /><br>Barthel Index </p><br>