Muscle Activity of the Upper Limb Between Task-Specific and Robot Assisted Training Among Individuals Post Stroke

Hadassah Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: The RAT and The TST

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03575481

0295-15-HMO

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators compared the activity and fatigue of upper extremity muscles, pain levels, subject satisfaction levels, perceived exertion, and number of repetitions in Task-Specific Training (TST) compared with Robot-Assisted Training (RAT) in individuals post-stroke.

Full description

Twenty sub-acute post stroke subjects received one TST and one RAT. They marked the pain level in their paretic extremity before and after each session. Muscle activity levels and fatigue and number of repetitions were monitored during each session. The subjective assessment questionnaire of treatment and the Borg scale were administered post-session.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 to 85 year old individuals up to three months following stroke
• National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score 3-15
• Intact cognitive function
• mild to moderate weakness of the affected hand
• normal or corrected eyesight

Exclusion criteria

• neurological, cardio-vascular or orthopedic impairment, unrelated to the stroke, which restricts upper limb function
• a pace-maker

Trial design

20 participants in 1 patient group

Post stroke patients

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: The RAT and The TST