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Motor Recovery of the Severely Impaired Paretic Upper Limb After Mirror Therapy in Sub-acute Stroke

NCT02942875 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 35

Last updated 2016-10-24

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Summary

Our study aims at investigating the effect of intensive mirror therapy on the motor recovery of severely impaired paretic arm at subacute stroke.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

mirror therapy

During MT, subjects will sit in front of a table on which a mirror will be placed vertically in the space ipsilateral to the paretic upper limb with its reflective surface facing the unaffected upper limb. The subjects are required to look at the mirror to observe the reflective image of the unaffected arm from shoulder to the hand, while it is performing certain designated movements. At the same time, the affected arm will be required to follow the unaffected arm to practice the same movements. The upper limbs movements during the 30-min MT session are open and close of grasp; wrist flexion and extension; forearm supination and pronation; elbow flexion and extension; shoulder flexion and extension. A total of 120 repetitions for each action will be practiced.

OTHER

control therapy

Control group subjects undergo the same bilateral upper limbs exercise protocol without mirror

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Wing Chiu Chan, MSc · The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
35 Years
Max Age
100 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-09-30
Primary Completion
2016-09-30
Completion
2016-09-30

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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