Status:
UNKNOWN
Stimulate the Face to Improve Tactile Acuity on the Hand
Lead Sponsor:
Hospices Civils de Lyon
Conditions:
Stroke
RSS
Eligibility:
All Genders
30-80 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The study is a comparative study, to show that the administration of RSS stimulation on the face compared to the administration of strategy Sham stimulation, results in an temporary improvement in the...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age: 30-80 years old
- Patients with diagnosis of unilateral (both right and left) ischemic or haemorrhagic stroke
- Stroke event dates at least 3 months before the date of inclusion to the study
- Mild-to-moderate sensory loss at the fingers of the hand contralateral to the stroke lesion (affected hand)
- Capacity to provide written consent
- Affiliation to a social security scheme
- Non-
- Sensory impairment attributable to diabetes history, peripheral vascular disease or neuropathy
- Severe speech disorder, global aphasia and/or cognitive impairment
- Multiple stroke events
- Bilateral stroke event
- Hemineglect
- History of neurological or psychiatric illness
- Allergy to glue/tape
- Male participants refusing to shave their moustaches or beards during the study
- Other experimental procedure is forbidden during the weeks where the study is performed
- Pregnant, parturient and lactating women
- Persons deprived of their liberty
- Adult persons subject to a legal protection measure: guardianship, curatorship
- Congenital or acquired malformation/injury of the test finger
Exclusion
- Impossibility to maintain hand position necessary for the tests due to severe spasticity
- Severe impairment of the sensibility of the face preventing the administration of the RSS
- Severe impairment of the absolute touch detection at the affected hand preventing measurement (threshold 512 mN)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
February 21 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
25 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04745247
Start Date
February 1 2021
End Date
February 21 2023
Last Update
February 9 2021
Active Locations (1)
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Groupement Hospitalier du Sud - Hôpital Henry Gabrielle
Saint-Genis-Laval, France, 69230