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Mirrored Movement Compared to Cross-education

NCT03937232 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2019-05-03

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Summary

Recovery after a hand or wrist injury often includes wearing a cast, or limiting daily activities to help with healing, but this may lead to deconditioning. Previous research suggests resistance training with the healthy arm during this period could help improve recovery of the injured arm: this is called cross-education. Mirror visual feedback (e.g. watching the movement of an uninjured hand in front of a mirror hiding the injured hand to create the illusion both hands are moving) is another cross-body method which can improve recovery after stroke, and prevent or reduce pain in complex regional pain syndrome. Both of these treatments may work because they activate a specific area in the brain: using them together might strengthen the effects. However, this has never been studied after injury. The investigators are proposing a pilot study to see if it is possible and helpful to use these treatments in combination to improve recovery of grip strength and reduction of pain and disability. The investigators will use this information as a foundation to tell us how to run the best study to test these ideas in ways to be confident in the results.

Conditions

  • Hand Injuries

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cross-Education

Home exercise program + usual care

BEHAVIORAL

Mirror Visual Feedback

Home exercise program + usual care

OTHER

Usual care

Hand rehabilitation provided by occupational therapists and physiotherapists in a multidisciplinary outpatient setting

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-09-01
Primary Completion
2020-12-31
Completion
2020-12-31

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