Mirror Therapy Education for Acute Stroke Patients

NCT ID: NCT04542772

Last Updated: 2021-02-15

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 36 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-05-31
• Study Completion Date: 2021-09-30

Brief Summary

In Canada, the number of stroke survivors is equivalent to the size of one of the four Atlantic Provinces. The incident rate of stroke has been increasing steadily since 1995. The majority of the stroke survivors lose upper extremity function, resulting in diminished activities of daily living (ADL). Many therapeutic interventions are recommended to improve upper extremity function or ADLs of stroke survivors, however, Mirror Therapy (MT), inexpensive intervention, can be self-administered by stroke survivors with intact cognition. Thus, the research question is whether a self-administered MT technique improves acute stroke patients' upper extremity motor function and recovery?

Conditions

Stroke, Acute

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

Mirror Therapy + Standard of Care

Participants in this group will receive standard of care based on their needs along with mirror therapy education.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Mirror Therapy

Intervention Type: OTHER

Participants will receive the standard-of-care; multidisciplinary rehabilitation intervention based on their needs and tolerance, and will receive an additional 30 min of Mirror Therapy education. During Mirror Therapy education, the patients will be educated or shown how to perform MT and the patients will complete the recommended exercises on their own for 30 minutes/day for 5 days a week/ for 4 weeks. Standard Mirror Therapy Protocol will be followed.

Regular Rehabilitation

Intervention Type: OTHER

Participants will receive the standard-of-care, multidisciplinary rehabilitation intervention based on their needs and tolerance.

Standard of Care

Participants in this group will receive only standard of care based on their needs.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Regular Rehabilitation

Intervention Type: OTHER

Participants will receive the standard-of-care, multidisciplinary rehabilitation intervention based on their needs and tolerance.

Interventions

Mirror Therapy

Participants will receive the standard-of-care; multidisciplinary rehabilitation intervention based on their needs and tolerance, and will receive an additional 30 min of Mirror Therapy education. During Mirror Therapy education, the patients will be educated or shown how to perform MT and the patients will complete the recommended exercises on their own for 30 minutes/day for 5 days a week/ for 4 weeks. Standard Mirror Therapy Protocol will be followed.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Regular Rehabilitation

Participants will receive the standard-of-care, multidisciplinary rehabilitation intervention based on their needs and tolerance.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Admitted with diagnosis of stroke with onset within two weeks
• Medically stable
• Able to follow directions
• No severe cognitive impairments that could interfere with patient participation
• Consent to treatment by patient
• Alpha-Functional Independence Measure (Alpha-FIM) score of > 40

Exclusion Criteria

• Medical instability
• Lack of motivation
• Recurrent/ chronic stroke
• Recent upper extremity musculoskeletal injuries with movement restrictions
• Receptive or global aphasia
• Delirium
• Unilateral neglect
• Visual field deficiency.

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

Sponsors

NORTHERN ONTARIO ACADEMIC MEDICINE ASSOCIATION (NOAMA)

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Health Sciences North Research Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Central Contacts

Venkadesan Rajendran, PhD

Role: CONTACT

vrajendran@hsnsudbury.ca

1-866-469-0822

Padma Puranam, MD

Role: CONTACT

ppuranam@hsnsudbury.ca

1-866-469-0822

References

Rajendran V, Jeevanantham D, Lariviere C, Singh RJ, Zeman L, Papuri P. Effectiveness of self-administered mirror therapy on upper extremity impairments and function of acute stroke patients: study protocol. Trials. 2021 Jul 9;22(1):439. doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05380-9.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 34243808 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

C-20-15

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id