Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) for Upper Extremity Recovery in Stroke

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

122

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

December 31, 2005

Primary Completion Date

March 31, 2010

Study Completion Date

March 31, 2010

Conditions
Stroke, AcuteStrokeHemiparesis
Interventions
DEVICE

NMES device with EMG-triggered and Cyclic capabilities

All groups will use the NeuroMove NM900 stimulator. Subjects will use the stimulator as described for their group (treatment arm) for two 40-minute sessions per day, 5 days per week for 8 weeks. Surface electrodes for all three groups will be placed over the affected EDC and ECR (finger and wrist extensor) muscles.

Trial Locations (3)

44109

MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland

44312

Edwin Shaw Rehab - Akron General Medical Center, Akron

45267

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

NIH

collaborator

Case Western Reserve University

OTHER

lead

MetroHealth Medical Center

OTHER

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