Cerebro Vascular Accident Stroke
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Healthy controls - 50 years or older - have command of the Dutch language - normal function of both arms - normal or corrected to normal vision;Stroke patients - 18 years or older - have command of the Dutch language - registered at the LUMC
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Healthy controls - lesions or diseases of the central nervous system - other conditions that interfere with normal hand/arm function ;Stroke patients - additional neurological diseases and/or orthopedic problems interfering with hand/arm function - unable to comply with the protocol, i.e. insufficient general fitness or cognitive/communicative inability to understand instructions and participate in the measurement
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| joint neuromechanical parameters, i.e., total impedance, stiffness, viscosity, reflexive impedance, co-contraction | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Kinematic measures of tracking performance, i.e. RMS of tracking error, amount of corrective movements, % outside of tolerance range; and, in stroke patients, pain and perceived strain during the experiment. | — |
Countries
Netherlands