Mirror Therapy Education for Acute Stroke Patients

Health Sciences North Research Institute

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Stroke, Acute

Treatments: Other: Mirror Therapy; Other: Regular Rehabilitation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04542772

C-20-15

Details and patient eligibility

About

In Canada, the number of stroke survivors is equivalent to the size of one of the four Atlantic Provinces. The incident rate of stroke has been increasing steadily since 1995. The majority of the stroke survivors lose upper extremity function, resulting in diminished activities of daily living (ADL). Many therapeutic interventions are recommended to improve upper extremity function or ADLs of stroke survivors, however, Mirror Therapy (MT), inexpensive intervention, can be self-administered by stroke survivors with intact cognition. Thus, the research question is whether a self-administered MT technique improves acute stroke patients' upper extremity motor function and recovery?

Enrollment: 36 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Admitted with diagnosis of stroke with onset within two weeks
• Medically stable
• Able to follow directions
• No severe cognitive impairments that could interfere with patient participation
• Consent to treatment by patient
• Alpha-Functional Independence Measure (Alpha-FIM) score of > 40

Exclusion criteria

• Medical instability
• Lack of motivation
• Recurrent/ chronic stroke
• Recent upper extremity musculoskeletal injuries with movement restrictions
• Receptive or global aphasia
• Delirium
• Unilateral neglect
• Visual field deficiency.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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36 participants in 2 patient groups

Mirror Therapy + Standard of Care

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this group will receive standard of care based on their needs along with mirror therapy education.

Treatment:

Other: Regular Rehabilitation

Other: Mirror Therapy

Standard of Care

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in this group will receive only standard of care based on their needs.

Treatment:

Other: Regular Rehabilitation