Experience and Feasibility of Methods for Early Sensory Training

Experience and Feasibility of Methods for Early Sensory Training Phase 1 - From a User Perspective

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05611983

Enrollment

Registered

2022-11-10

Start date

2022-06-01

Completion date

2024-06-01

Last updated

2024-03-15

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Conditions

Nerve Injury, Peripheral Nerve Injuries

Keywords

periferal nerve injuries, sensory relearning, rehabilitation, imagery, mirror therapy

Brief summary

The good effects of using guided plasticity for a rehabilitative purpose in case of nerve damage have been shown, but a problem that has been presented is that some individuals find it difficult to assimilate these effects due to difficulties in carrying out abstract training or due to a lack of motivation. In early sensory training, the plasticity of the brain is used. Methods for early sensory training that have been described are: 1) mental imagery of touch (mental imagery), 2) observation of touch, 3) mirror training, 4) use of images for visualization of touch. The method needs to be developed and refined to be able to offer individual training plans in order to find a motivating and meaningful form of training.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALsensory relearning

feasibility of early sensory relearning

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

CROSSOVER

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Masking description

The outcome assessor/investigator are blinded from which intervention given.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* \>= 50% injury of N. Medianus/ N. Ulnaris or 100% digital nerve injury dig I and/or dig II * Ålder: ≥ 18 år

Exclusion criteria

* Impaired cognitive ability * Documented psychiatric diagnosis * Inability to master the Swedish language

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
PETS - The Problematic Experience of Therapy Scale	4 weeks post intervention	questionnaire, 5-grading scale from strongly agree to 'strongly disagree'' to all items in a subscale are recoded as ''no barriers'', and all other scores are recoded as ''some barriers or doubts'' for completing the therapy/sensory relearning.
ESRQ - Early sensory relearing questionaire	4 weeks post intervention	questionnaire, 5-grading scale from strongly agree to 'strongly disagree''

Countries

Sweden

Contacts

Primary ContactUlrika Wijk, PhD

ulrika.wijk@med.lu.se+4640331744

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026