Stroke
Conditions
Interventions
The intervention will have a whole duration of 24 sessions, twice a week and consistis of Physical Exercise and Electrical Stimulation by direct current, or not (placebo).
Exercise: A group of 30 pat
Behavioural
Other
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Sponsors
Laboratório de Atividade Física e Promoção da Saúde - Instituto de Educação Física e Desportos - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Laboratório de Pesquisas Clinicas e Experimentais em Biologia Vascular
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 98 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Volunteers of both sexes with hemiparesis, with at least six months of the occurrence of the the stroke; able to wander unsupervised for home march; enrolled in neuromotor rehabilitation program; with score above 36 on the Berg Balance Scale; with a minimum score of 20 on Fulg -Meyer scale; age between 18 to 80.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients which having any motor impairment that prevents the tests proposed and / or not controlled co-morbidity.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Upper and lower limb maximal strength and endurance, evaluated by handgrip and isokinetic dynamometry. Upper and lower limb motor function, evaluated by Fugl Meyes scale. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Electromyography surface during strength exercises to upper limbs ( muscles flexor radial and ulnar ) and lower Limbs ( vastus muscles , rectus femoris , semitendinosus and femoral biceps). Electroencephalography 32 Channels to evaluate a total power of the alfa and beta frequency bands of the motor cortex ( C3 and C4 ) and coherence index between C3 and C4, and to surrounding areas. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactPaulo Farinatti
Laboratório de Atividade Física e Promoção da Saúde - Instituto de Educação Física e Desportos - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Outcome results
None listed