Effects of intensive impairment-oriented arm rehabilitation for chronic stroke survivors
- Conditions
- Arm paresis post stroke
- Registration Number
- DRKS00032194
- Lead Sponsor
- Institut for Neurorehabilitation und Evidenzbasierung (An-Institut der Universität Greifswald), BDH-Klinik Greifswald
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
History of stroke (ischemic stroke, non-traumatic intracerebral haemorrhage, or subarachnoidal haemorrhage) with hemiparesis, time of stroke at least 6 months prior to study entry, arm paresis (Motricty Index, Arm score < 100 [range 0 – 100] (Demeurisse et al., 1980), planned course of intensive arm rehabilitation for a minimum of two weeks in one of two participating centres, participant able to and does provide informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
Other disease causing arm paresis (e.g. inflammatory brain disease, tumour, degenerative disease of the nervous system).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Standardized pre-post differences of arm motor function of the affected arm (mild paresis: BBT, NHPT; severe paresis: Fugl-Meyer Arm Motor score)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pre-post differences measures of finger strength, spasticity, joint mobility/pain, somatosensation, emotional distress, quality of life; acceptability (drop-out rate) and adverse events