Impact of Restriction of the Non Paretic Upper Limb Rehabilitation of Patients a With Stroke:Randomized Clinical Trial

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Other: specific training of paretic upper limb

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01623973

NCI-2012-MDTR, Brazil

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate whether the restriction of the non paretic upper limb (UL) is a factor that could interfere at the sensorimotor UL recovery for chronic stroke subjects and to verify the impact on daily function, quality of life. In this pilot, randomized, blind and allocation concealment clinical trial, nineteen individuals with chronic stroke was randomly assigned, after the first evaluation, into two groups: group without restriction (G1), subject only to the specific training of paretic UL, and restricted group (G2), which underwent specific training of paretic UL and use of the restriction of non paretic UL

Enrollment: 19 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ability to actively extend at least 10° at the metacarpophalangeal the wrist;
• more than 6 months post onset of stroke;

Exclusion criteria

• Mini-Mental State Examination;
• no excessive spasticity in any joints of the affected.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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19 participants in 2 patient groups

With restraint

Experimental group

Description:

The group with restraint underwent specific training of paretic upper limb and use of restraint.

Treatment:

Other: specific training of paretic upper limb

no restraint

Active Comparator group

Description:

The group control "without restraint" submitted only to the specific training of paretic upper limb

Treatment:

Other: specific training of paretic upper limb