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Mental Practice in Post-stroke Subjects

NCT03251209 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2017-08-16

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Summary

Among the limitations caused by cerebrovascular accident (CVA), the upper limb (MS) undergoes changes that limit the individual in his ability to maintain an active social life. Mental Practice (MP) consists of the internal reproduction of an event, which is repeated extensively in order to learn or improve an already known skill. The objective of the study is evaluate the effects of the physical practice associated with PM, on paretic MS. Subjects with unilateral stroke over 6 months, age\> 18 years and who were able to hold objects will be selected. Subjects with painful conditions that affected exercise performance,\> 3 spasticity by Ashworth, and cognitive deficit suggested by the Mini Mental State Examination will be excluded.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Physical practice

Physical Practice: reproduce through the motor execution (4 distinct tasks: stacking cubes, opposition of fingers with precision gripping, passing water from one glass to another, sequencing of bottles), the activities assisted in the video (5 minutes / task).

OTHER

Mental practice

Mental practice: think about the tasks watched in the videotherapy (4 distinct tasks: stacking cubes, opposition of fingers with precision gripping, passing water from one glass to another, sequencing of bottles) for 5 minutes / task.

OTHER

Videotherapy

Videotherapy, being 2 minutes per task (4 distinct tasks: stacking cubes, opposition of fingers with precision gripping, passing water from one glass to another, sequencing of bottles)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Roberta O Cacho, PhD · Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-04-20
Primary Completion
2017-06-10
Completion
2017-12-01

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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