Hemiparesis due to Stroke Circulatory System Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction
Conditions
Interventions
Patients will undergo training activities while each wore a spring assisted dynamic hand orthosis. Training will be guided by a physiotherapist for 1 hour per day per week for 4 weeks.
Sponsors
Yonsei University College of Medicine (South Korea)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. 18 years or older 2. Unilateral hemiparesis more than 6 months post-stroke duration 3. No current or previous orthopedic or surgical histories affecting the hemiparetic upper extremity 4. Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) Korean version - score = 23 (to ensure that they fully understood the study procedure) 5. Patients should have at least some active voluntary movement of the upper extremity (i.e., 10 degrees of shoulder flexion/abduction, 10 degrees of elbow flexion/extension, and 30 degrees of interphalangeal proximal joints / 20 degrees of interphalangeal distal joints of volitional finger flexion when the hand is positioned in wrist and finger extension) 6. No flaccidity of the affected limb 7. No severe contracture or spasticity of the affected wrist or hand
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Does not match inclusion criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 3 clinical assessments and the measurement of grip strength. Fugl-Meyer Assessment and grip strength and Action Research Arm Test and Box and Block Test. All outcomes were measured at baseline and after 4 weeks of training. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Spatiotemporal parameters were collected using a 3-D motion analysis system and workstation software pre- and post-test (VICON MX system, Oxford Metrics, U.K.). Data collection was conducted at the Motion Analysis Research Laboratory in the Yonsei University. All outcomes were measured at baseline and after 4 weeks of training. | — |
Countries
Korea, South
Outcome results
None listed