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Effects of Mental Practice for Mobility in Post-stroke Hemiparesis

NCT02540096 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 16

Last updated 2019-05-23

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Summary

Stroke is a neurovascular event characterized by impaired blood supply to the brain due to rupture or obstruction of certain cerebral arteries, which often results in hemiparesis and can affect individuals of any age and sex, being prevalent in the elderly population.

Among the main treatments available for stroke rehabilitation, most of them demands an appropriate structure and high-qualified personnel. Searching for more affordable treatment options, several studies suggest the use of mental practice with motor imagery as a potential therapeutic tool, since it can be performed at any place or any time the patient wishes, including their own homes.

Motor imagery can be defined as the covert cognitive process of imagining a movement of your own body(-part) without actually moving that body(-part).

Within this context, the objective of this study is to investigate the effects of mental practice for mobility, gait function and speed and muscle strength of the lower limb in subacute post-stroke hemiparesis.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Mental practice

The sessions will be individualized and carried out in a peaceful setting.The aim of the mental practice protocol was to promote motor imagery of the following activities: get up from a chair and walk and sit, which enrolls the basic and instrumental activities of daily living. The sessions will consist of six steps: (1) "Physical Practice" (2) "Familiarization" (3) "Memory" (4) "Relaxation" (5) "Repeat" and (6) "post-practice mental relaxation". After the mental practice session, participants will be submitted to individual and structured physiotherapy sessions (the same as the control groups).

OTHER

Cognitive training and Relaxation

Cognitive training and relaxation session (lasting 30 minutes, three times a week), totaling 12 sessions. The sessions will consist of calculations, memorization, imagination and body relaxation exercises. These sessions will not have any motor imagery. After the cognitive training and relaxation session, participants will be submitted to individual and structured physiotherapy sessions lasting 40 minutes with muscle strengthening and stretching exercises.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Federal University of Juiz de Fora

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Zaqueline F Guerra · Federal University of Juiz de Fora

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-11-30
Primary Completion
2019-01-31
Completion
2020-07-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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