Stroke
Conditions
Keywords
hemiparetic, cognitive, balance
Brief summary
To evaluate whether the restriction of the non paretic upper limb (UL) is a factor that could interfere at the sensorimotor UL recovery for chronic stroke subjects and to verify the impact on daily function, quality of life. In this pilot, randomized, blind and allocation concealment clinical trial, nineteen individuals with chronic stroke was randomly assigned, after the first evaluation, into two groups: group without restriction (G1), subject only to the specific training of paretic UL, and restricted group (G2), which underwent specific training of paretic UL and use of the restriction of non paretic UL
Interventions
OTHERspecific training of paretic upper limb
nineteen individuals with chronic stroke was randomly assigned, after the first evaluation, into two groups: group without restriction (G1), subject only to the specific training of paretic UL, and restricted group (G2), which underwent specific training of paretic UL and use of the restriction of non paretic UL. The volunteers were evaluated before the beginning of the interventions, and the next day after completion of the 12 therapy sessions through the Fugl-Meyer Assessment
Sponsors
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
21 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* ability to actively extend at least 10° at the metacarpophalangeal the wrist; * more than 6 months post onset of stroke;
Exclusion criteria
* Mini-Mental State Examination; * no excessive spasticity in any joints of the affected.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| To investigate the impact that the restriction of non-paretic upper limb recovery would have on sensorimotor with Fugl-Meyer Scale | 1 year | Upper extremity motor impairment was evaluated using the Fugl-Meyer Assessment Scale (FM).This scale has a total score of 66 points for upper limbs, reflecting a mild motor impairment (≥ 50), moderate to severe (50-20) and severe (\< 20). |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Functional Independence Measure (FIM) | 1 year | The FIM consists of 18 items divided into 6 subscales measuring self-care, sphincter control, transfer, locomotion, communication, and social cognition ability. Each item is rated from 1 to 7 based on the required level of assistance to perform the basic ADL (maximum score, 126). Higher scores demonstrate greater independent participation in daily activities. |
Outcome results
None listed