Status:

COMPLETED

Tele BCI-FES for Upper -Limb Stoke Rehabilitation

Lead Sponsor:

University of Sheffield

Collaborating Sponsors:

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Medical Research Council

Conditions:

Stroke

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The study aims to identify whether stroke survivors can intentionally modulate their brain signals for controlling an FES device to produce arm movements for home based rehabilitation. The study also ...

Detailed Description

Movements of different parts of the body, including the arm, start when the brain produces specific electrical signals. Sometimes after a stroke, even though the person intends to move the arm, the ar...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • 1\) Age 18 and above.
  • (2) Experienced an ischaemic or haemorrhagic stroke more than 6 months ago.
  • (3) Arm weakness interfering with activities of daily living.
  • (4) Fugl-Meyer score of upper limb\<45.
  • (5) Caregiver is willing to assist with trial by helping to deliver intervention.
  • (6) Cognitive and language abilities to understand and participate in the study protocol.
  • (7) Can maintain sitting with or without support for 1 hour continuously.
  • (8) Able to give consent and understand instructions.
  • Exclusion criteria:
  • Cognitive impairment that would interfere with their ability to comply with the experimental protocol or provide informed consent;
  • Dermatological, rheumatologic or orthopaedic illnesses of the affected arm interfering with movement of the elbow;
  • Pre-existing severe systemic disorders like cardiovascular disease; active cancer or renal disease; end stage pulmonary or cardiovascular disease; psychiatric illness including severe alcohol or drug abuse
  • Inability to perform the baseline assessments;
  • Severe tactile hypersensitivity;
  • Participation in other, upper limb rehabilitation studies
  • Within 12 weeks of receiving Botulinum toxin injections;
  • History of epilepsy
  • Pace maker or any other implanted devices
  • Pregnancy
  • Severe dystonia/spasm

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    June 15 2022

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    December 30 2022

    Estimated Enrollment :

    13 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT05215522

    Start Date

    June 15 2022

    End Date

    December 30 2022

    Last Update

    May 15 2023

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    Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

    Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom, S5 7AT