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Functional Rehabilitation of Upper Limb Apraxia in Patients Poststroke

NCT02199093 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2018-10-05

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of a mixed intervention of occupational therapy (rehabilitative and compensatory approach) at home to upper limb apraxia in mild and moderate patients post stroke in comparison to a control group with a traditional health educative protocol.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Functional Rehabilitation of apraxia

The intervention will cover every type of approaches related with upper limb apraxia. We will use different kinds of tools to activate cerebral networks implied on apraxia, for facilitating the cerebral neuroplasticity in the recovering of the patient. On the other hand, when the function can not be improved, we will provide skills and strategies for enhance the environment adaptation and increasing the autonomy and independence.

OTHER

Traditional health educative protocol

The traditional health educative protocol consist in an educational workshop for patients and caregivers where they are taught the implications of apraxia in their daily live, kind of errors of apraxia for gaining consciousness of the syndrome, and some strategies to facilitate the adaptation of the patient in her house.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital Clinico Universitario San Cecilio

    collaborator OTHER

  • Universidad de Granada

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mª Encarnacion ME Aguilar, PdH · Department of Physiotherapy. Faculty of Sciences of Health. University of Granada (Granada). Spain

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
25 Years
Max Age
95 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-05-31
Primary Completion
2018-09-30
Completion
2018-09-30

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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Diseases

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