stroke healthy control
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: <Patients> 1.Clinically incipient supratentorial stroke patients with upper-limb hemiplegia 2.Patients who experienced a stroke within 6 months 3.Mini Mental State Examination>=24 4.ADL before onset was independent 5.Dextrality 6.No contraindication to magnetic resonance imaging <Normal Controls> 1.Dextrality 2.Mini Mental State Examination>=24, result of Trail Making Test-Japan is no abnormality 3.Living everyday life without any problems, even if there is a risk factor for cerebrovascular disease (e.g.hypertension and diabetes mellitus) 4.No contraindication to magnetic resonance imaging 5.No history of cerebrovascular disease, traumatic brain injury and dementia 6.No neurological symptoms (no paretic symptoms and no hyperactive deep tendon reflex)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: <Patients> 1.Severe aphasia 2.Cause other neuromuscular complications 3.Undergo surgical treatments 4.Consciousness disorders, psychiatric disorders 5.Having obvious neurological symptoms
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Fractional anisotropy value of Healthy control (after informed consent) and patients (at admission and 6 weeks later) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Listed assessments of patients at admission and 6 weeks later. <Impairment assessment of U/E> 1.Fugl-Meyer Assessment(FMA) : U/E 2.Brunnstrom Stage (BS) : U/E, finger 3.STEF : All item <Functional assessment of U/E> 4.Functional Independence Measure (FIM) : all 18 items 5.Motor Activity Log (MAL) : 14 items | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Nagoya City Rehabilitation Agency Division of Occupational Therapy