Status:
COMPLETED
Arm Rehabilitation Study After Stroke
Lead Sponsor:
University of Southern California
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Conditions:
Stroke
Brain Infarction
Eligibility:
All Genders
21+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This study is about arm and hand recovery after a stroke. The investigators are testing an experimental arm therapy called Accelerated Skill Acquisition Program (ASAP) which combines challenging, inte...
Detailed Description
Of the 700,000 individuals who experience a new or recurrent stroke each year, a majority have considerable residual disability. Sixty-five percent (65%) of patients at 6 months are unable to incorpor...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- INCLUSION
- Ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke.
- Hemiparesis in an upper extremity.
- Age 21+.
- Able to communicate in English (or Spanish,Rancho Los Amigos site only).
- Willing to attend outpatient therapy \& f/u evaluations for 1 yr.
- Some active finger extension.
- EXCLUSION
- Traumatic or non-vascular brain injury, subarachnoid hemorrhage, AV malformation.
- History of psychiatric illness requiring hospitalization within past 24 mos.
- Active drug treatment for dementia.
- Neurologic condition that may affect motor response (e.g. Parkinson's, ALS, MS).
- History of head trauma requiring \>48 hours of hospitalization within past 12 mos.
- Amputation of all fingers or thumb of hemiparetic (weak) arm.
- Treated with Botox in affected arm within last 3 months.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
361 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00871715
Start Date
June 1 2009
End Date
February 1 2014
Last Update
July 9 2019
Active Locations (8)
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1
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033
2
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90048
3
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90242
4
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90806