Effect of Rhythmic Upper-limb Training in Stroke Patients

NCT ID: NCT02139553

Last Updated: 2017-01-24

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 14 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2014-05-31
• Study Completion Date: 2016-06-30

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether rhythmic upper-limb movement training in post-stroke patients allows to improve only this particular type of movements or if it also improves some parameters of discrete movements. Based on our results we hope to be able to answer a fundamental question: are rhythmic and discrete movements two independent primitives?

Detailed Description

Patients are assessed four times during this longitudinal study. One month separates the first two assessment, next patients are trained 12 times during one month with rhythmic movement training on an end-effector robot. After this month, patients are assessed a third time and three months later a fourth time in order to study long-time benefits of the therapy.

Conditions

Cerebral Stroke

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Rhythmic rehabilitation

Patients undergo a first evaluation, and a second evaluation one month later to determine their natural evolution. The following month, patients get 12 sessions of rhythmic therapy. A third evaluation is organized straight after this month and a fourth evaluation, 3 months after to assess the after-effects of the therapy.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Rhythmic rehabilitation

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Stroke patients have 12 rehabilitation sessions on a planar rehabilitation robot, Reaplan, focussed on rhythmic arm movements.

Interventions

Rhythmic rehabilitation

Stroke patients have 12 rehabilitation sessions on a planar rehabilitation robot, Reaplan, focussed on rhythmic arm movements.

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• more than 6 months post-stroke patients
• Fugl-Meyer between 7 and 55
• Maintain the same intensity of rehabilitation during the study

Exclusion Criteria

• cerebellar stroke
• severe aphasia or cognitive disorder
• any other neurological disorder

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc

Woluwe-St-Lambert, Brabant Wallon, Belgium

Countries

Belgium

Other Identifiers

ULRM-001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id