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The Effect of Different Schedules of Functional Task Practice for Improving Hand and Arm Function After Stroke

NCT00361660 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2015-06-26

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Summary

The first purpose of this study is to determine how often people should practice motor skills to best improve the ability to use the affected arm and hand after stroke. The second purpose is to determine whether it is better to practice a lot of repetitions of a few tasks or a few repetitions of many tasks during motor rehabilitation for the arm and hand after stroke.

Conditions

  • Cerebrovascular Accident
  • Hemiplegia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

functional task practice - distributed

This functional task practice is modeled after Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy in which participants wear a mitt on the non-paretic arm for up to 90% of waking hours and then attend therapy for 3 hours a session Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in which they practice various functional tasks, such as tracing a stencil, placing toothbrushes in toothbrush holders, etc.

BEHAVIORAL

functional task practice - condensed

This functional task practice is modeled after Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy in which participants wear a mitt on the non-paretic arm for up to 90% of waking hours and then attend therapy for 3 hours a session Monday through Friday in which they practice various functional tasks, such as tracing a stencil, placing toothbrushes in toothbrush holders, etc.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Lorie G Richards, PhD · North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-08-31
Primary Completion
2007-08-31
Completion
2007-12-31

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