The effects of a chiropractic care in recent stroke patients - Study 1/2

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Stroke; Stroke - Ischaemic

• Registration Number: ACTRN12616000791437
• Lead Sponsor: ew Zealand College of Chiropractic

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-06-17
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 15

Inclusion Criteria

15-20 participants will be recruited to participate in each of these studies. Participants will be inpatients or outpatients at Shifa International Hospital, in Islamabad or Railway Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. To be eligible to participate volunteers must have suffered from a stroke at least 8 weeks prior to their involvement in the trial and have some ongoing neurological deficit. For study 1 they must have a neurological deficit in at least 1 lower limb but have the ability to contract their soleus muscle on command.

Exclusion Criteria

Volunteers will be ineligible to participate if they exhibit no evidence of spinal dysfunction, have absolute contraindications to spinal manipulation, have experienced previous significant adverse reactions to chiropractic care, or if they are deemed unsuitable to receive chiropractic care by their treating physicians.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified