Treatments for Recovery of Hand Function in Acute Stroke Survivors

PHASE1/PHASE2CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

21

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

July 31, 2007

Primary Completion Date

April 30, 2010

Study Completion Date

April 30, 2010

Conditions
Stroke, AcuteStrokeHemiparesisHemiplegia
Interventions
DEVICE

Neuromuscular electrical stimulator

"Intervention Characteristics Common to Both Groups~• 6-week intervention~1. Home exercise, daily~ 1. Exercise (at home) 2 sessions/day~ 2. A session consists of 3 (for CCFES) or 4 (for cNMES) 15-min sets separated by 5 min rest~ 3. A set entails hand opening, closing, and relaxing in response or synchrony to light and sound cues and according to group-specific instructions~2. Lab therapy, 2x/week~ 1. Two 1.5-hr sessions/week, working on functional hand tasks and tracking task (if possible)."

Trial Locations (1)

44109

MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Case Western Reserve University

OTHER

collaborator

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

NIH

lead

MetroHealth Medical Center

OTHER

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