Stroke
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Stroke patients 1. Age between 20 and 89 years old 2. Clinically incipient stroke (cerebral hemorrhage or infarction) patients 3. Right-handedness before onset of stroke 4. Individuals who could be assessed with behaviral tests and head-MRI scan wihtin 3 months after onset 5. Indivisuals who can sit without support for more than 30 seconds 6. Capability of informed consent based on their own or their family's decision
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Individuals with lesions in both hemispheres, cerebellum or brainstem 2. Individuals with difficulties to understand or excute the behaviral tasks due to a serious dementia, attentional disorder, apraxia, visual field defect, aphasia, or mental disorder. 3. Individuals with a history or organic disease in nervous system such as spinal injuly or peripheral nerve disease 4. Individuals with a serious musculoskeletal disorder 5. Individuals with a organic vestibular disease 6. Indivisuals with dizziness or vertigo, or strong motion sickness 7. Individuals who are unable to undergo MRI 8. Individuals that researchers decide that they are inappropriate for study participation.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Subjective visual vertical (SVV) Subjective visual body axis (SVBA) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| center of pressure Postural assessment scale for stroke (PASS) Stroke impairment assessment set (SIAS) MRI image (T1 and T2) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Hamamatsu City Rehabilitation Hospital Division of Rehabilitation