Does Nerve Block Reduce Shoulder Pain Following Stroke?
Phase 2
Completed
- Conditions
- StrokeStroke - Haemorrhagic
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12609000621213
- Lead Sponsor
- Maria Crotty
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 66
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion criteria will be all willing patients aged over 18 years and able to give consent with a diagnosis of acute stroke with the previous 12 months and onset of hemiplegic shoulder pain post stroke with a visual analogue scale score of >30mm (100mm scale)
Exclusion Criteria
Cognitive deficit that preclude patients
from reliably using subjective outcome measures scales - Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) < 23.
Language deficits (inability to follow 2-
stage command) or limited English language that preclude patients from reliably using subjective outcome measures scales
Allergy to proposed injection agents (depo-medrol 40mg and 0.5% bupivocaine hydrocholoride)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method