Muscle Tone Changes in Acute Stroke According to Brain Injury

Jyväskylä Central Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Stroke

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01041560

KSKS2

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to examine connections between muscle tones, strength and function after stroke.

Full description

Measurements are intended to repeat every two days in acute phase to discover possible changes in tone and strength in arm and leg muscles.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• unilateral decline in the arm or leg muscle strength

Exclusion criteria

• unwilling to take part on the trial
• not conscious
• no differences between muscle strength on the right and left side

Trial design

100 participants in 1 patient group

Stoke

Description:

Hemiplegia with unilateral changes in tone and muscle strength