Observational Study of Hemiplegic Shoulder Pain After Recent Stroke (SPARS)

St George's, University of London

Status: Completed

Conditions: Shoulder Pain; Stroke; Hemiplegia

Treatments: Other: ShoulderQ which is a shoulder pain questionnaire; Other: Clinical shoulder examination

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02574000

15.0216

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is an observational study to address the following questions.

1. How many people develop stroke-shoulder pain within 3 days of stroke?
2. How many people have stroke shoulder pain at 8-10 weeks after stroke?
3. Does having stroke-shoulder pain within 3 days of stroke predict the likelihood of having stroke-shoulder pain at 8-10 weeks?
4. What are the best bedside examination tests to identify stroke-shoulder pain?

Full description

Patients will be assessed very early after stroke (within 72 hours) and followed up 8-10 weeks later. Findings will enable planning of fully-powered randomised controlled trials of both, pain-prevention strategies and treatment.

Enrollment: 163 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Clinical diagnosis of haemorrhagic or ischaemic stroke

Exclusion criteria

• Transient Ischaemic attack,
• Neurological symptoms due to causes other than acute stroke,
• Unconscious,
• Severe behavioural disturbance,
• Severe agitation,
• Severe dementia,
• For palliation,
• Totally unable to communicate using any method - written, verbal, pictures, gesture

Trial design

163 participants in 1 patient group

Single group baseline and follow-up

Description:

Single group of adult stroke patients assessed using ShoulderQ shoulder pain questionnaire and Clinical shoulder examination at two time-points: Baseline: within 72 hours post-stroke Follow-up: at 8-10 weeks post-stroke

Treatment:

Other: ShoulderQ which is a shoulder pain questionnaire

Other: Clinical shoulder examination