NCT01724164.
Trial name or title | Robot‐ versus mirror‐assisted motor interventions in rehabilitating upper‐limb motor and muscle performance and daily functions post‐stroke: a comparative effectiveness study |
Methods | RCT |
Participants | Country: Taiwan Inclusion criteria: willing to provide written informed consent, > 6 months onset of unilateral stroke, an initial 25 ‐ 56 or 18 ‐ 50 scores of the FM‐UE, sufficient cognitive ability (MMSE ≧ 24 points), without upper limb fracture within 3 months, 40 years to 75 years of age Exclusion criteria: recurrence of stroke or seizure episode during the intervention, occurrence of serious or continuous pain on affected upper extremity, history of other neurological disease or severe orthopaedic condition |
Interventions | 5 arms
1 to 5: 4 weeks, 5 days a week, 1 hour MT, RR, RR with FES, CR, or RR‐PI and ½ hour functional training a day |
Outcomes | Outcomes:
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Starting date | August 2011 |
Contact information | Principal Investigator: Keh‐chung Lin, ScD, School of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University |
Notes | Estimated sample size: 100 participants (in 3 experimental groups and 2 control groups) clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/record/NCT01655446 clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/record/NCT01724164 |