Status:
COMPLETED
Pilot Study - Comparison of Upper Body Ergometer Vs. Robot in Upper Extremity Motor Recovery Post-Stroke
Lead Sponsor:
Burke Rehabilitation Hospital
Conditions:
Stroke
Eligibility:
All Genders
19-90 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
We will test whether robot driven, goal directed, trajectory corrected exercise enhances motor outcome in the upper limb of stroke patients better than matched motor activity on an upper body ergomete...
Detailed Description
Upper extremity (UE) weakness post-stroke occurs in 70-80% of patients. By 3 months this complaint persists in 40% of patients, and by 6 months this complaint persists in a similar percentage of patie...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with a recent acute stroke in the last 4 weeks
- Patients with an upper extremity plegia (Medical Research Council \[MRC\] grade 2 or less at the shoulder joint),
- Patients or their next of kin (in the absence of their being able to) provide with a written informed consent.
- Aphasic alert patients provided they could follow simple directions given by verbal or gestural cues.
- Exclusion criteria:
- Patients with anterior or severe inferior shoulder subluxation (3 cms) of the plegic arm
- Patients without shoulder pain on passive range of 75 degrees forward flexion and 75 degrees abduction of the plegic arm
- Patients with trophic skin changes and significant edema (shoulder-hand syndrome)
- Patients with prior rotator cuff surgery, patients with bursitis and/or biceps tendonitis
- Patients who have suffered recent cardiac events (myocardial infarction, congestive cardiac failure, recent coronary artery bypass surgery)
- Patients who refuse to sign a written informed consent.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
May 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
30 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00343304
Start Date
April 1 2005
End Date
May 1 2006
Last Update
June 22 2006
Active Locations (1)
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Burke Rehabilitation Hospital
White Plains, New York, United States, 10605