cerebral vascular incident stroke
Conditions
Interventions
A pilot trial is planned over an 8-week period to evaluate the usability and
training experiences of a robot assisted arm training program in stroke
patients, as well as to obtain a qualitative and
Sponsors
Medisch Universitair Ziekenhuis Maastricht
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Volunteers willing to participate Fully competent in Dutch Patients who have completed their active clinical rehabilitation program A clinical definite diagnosis of Stroke (postacute/chronic stroke, Supratentorial) Upper limb dysfunction due to distinct paresis (Motricity Index (MI) lower than 85/100)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Will-unable Poor arm function due to muscle weakness (MI = 3 Severe cognitive or visual deficits interfering with the comprehension or completion of presented virtual tasks. Severe neglect in the near extra personal space (Menon 2004), established by the letter cancellation test Uttl 2001 and Bell*s test (quantitative evaluation, Gauthier 1989) with a minimum omission score of 15% Ferber(2001) Broca aphasia, Wernicke aphasia, global aphasia: as determined by Akense Afasie Test (AAT, Graetz, 1987)) Severe apraxia as measured by apraxietest van Heugten (1998)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| outcome measures and kinematic measurements as well as experience with the system and motivational aspects for patients. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| geen | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed