Effect of Rhythmic Upper-limb Training in Stroke Patients

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cerebral Stroke

Treatments: Procedure: Rhythmic rehabilitation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02139553

ULRM-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether rhythmic upper-limb movement training in post-stroke patients allows to improve only this particular type of movements or if it also improves some parameters of discrete movements. Based on our results we hope to be able to answer a fundamental question: are rhythmic and discrete movements two independent primitives?

Full description

Patients are assessed four times during this longitudinal study. One month separates the first two assessment, next patients are trained 12 times during one month with rhythmic movement training on an end-effector robot. After this month, patients are assessed a third time and three months later a fourth time in order to study long-time benefits of the therapy.

Enrollment: 14 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• more than 6 months post-stroke patients
• Fugl-Meyer between 7 and 55
• Maintain the same intensity of rehabilitation during the study

Exclusion criteria

• cerebellar stroke
• severe aphasia or cognitive disorder
• any other neurological disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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14 participants in 1 patient group

Rhythmic rehabilitation

Experimental group

Description:

Patients undergo a first evaluation, and a second evaluation one month later to determine their natural evolution. The following month, patients get 12 sessions of rhythmic therapy. A third evaluation is organized straight after this month and a fourth evaluation, 3 months after to assess the after-effects of the therapy.

Treatment:

Procedure: Rhythmic rehabilitation