CompletedNot Applicable

Automatic Versus Intentional Movement Exercises to Enhance Arm Functions After Stroke

France26 participantsStarted 2012-09-27

Plain-language summary

Many patients retain upper-limb motor impairment following stroke. Most conventional rehabilitation techniques are aimed to improve motor intentional movement by repeated exercises. These techniques require attentional load and are responsible for significant fatigue that probably represents a limiting factor. Alternatively, the automatic control of action is now well documented. A rehabilitation method based on this principle could allow recovery of more natural movements. Hypothesis: Stimulating automatic motricity improves upper-limb motor skills compared with a rehabilitation technique based on intentional movements.

Who can participate

Age range

18 Years – 80 Years

Sex

ALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * All subjects must be between the ages of 18-80 and must not be pregnant * Patients volunteer to participate in the study, with a written informed consent signed * Affiliation to a national health insurance program * Hemiplegia after stroke * Stroke onset \>6 weeks and \<4 years prior to study enrollment * Patients able to perform the exercises on the automated table Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy * Excessive pain in any joint of the paretic extremity (VAS\>5) * Coexistent major neurological or psychiatric disease as to decrease number of confounders * Subjects with global aphasia and deficits of comprehension * Any substantial decrease in alertness, language reception, or attention that might interfere with understanding instructions for motor testing

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What they're measuring

Fugl Meyer assessment (upper extremity) of motor recovery following stroke

Timeframe: 2 weeks following the last day of the intervention (Day 26)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01565044

SponsorHospices Civils de Lyon

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2017-11-03

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