21
Participants
Start Date
August 31, 2016
Primary Completion Date
October 31, 2017
Study Completion Date
October 31, 2017
Action observation therapy
The patients were asked to observe everyday life actions of which they had motor experience or the actions belong to the motor repertoire of observers', they had better performance. The common categories of motor actions and tasks for stroke patients are selected in this study: (a) active range of motion (AROM) exercises, (b) reaching movement or object manipulation, and (c) upper-extremity (UE) functional tasks practice.
Mirror therapy
The MT group will receive 60 minutes of upper-limb training in a mirror box. MT treatment activities will include AROM exercises (10 to 15 minutes), reaching movement or object manipulation (15 to 20 minutes), and functional tasks practice (30 minutes) in a mirror box.
Customary bilateral UE training
The participants in this group will receive dose-matched customary bilateral UE training programs for 1 hour per session. The treatment protocol of control group will also include: (a) AROM exercises (10 to 15 minutes), (b) reaching movement or object manipulation (15 to 20 minutes), and (3) functional tasks practice (30 minutes).
Taipei Tzu Chi hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical fundation, Taipei
Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan District
Lo-Sheng Sanatorium and Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan District
Cathay General Hospital (Taipei and Sijhi), Taipei
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
OTHER