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Upper Limb Cross-education in Subacute Stroke

NCT04113369 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2020-04-10

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Summary

This study evaluates how cross-education (unilateral training) affects muscle strength of the paretic limb in acute stroke patients. Half of the hemiplegic patients will receive conventional treatment and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) to non-paretic side, while other half will receive conventional treatment and electro muscular stimulation (EMS) to non-paretic side.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

TENS

30 minutes of conventional antalgic TENS to non-paretic forearm

PROCEDURE

Conventional rehabilitation

40 minutes of lower limb training and 20 minutes of upper extremity training for stroke

DEVICE

EMS

20 minutes of EMS to non-paretic forearm with 5 minutes of pre and post warm-up

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Bezmialem Vakif University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ozan Volkan Yurdakul, MD · Bezmialem University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-05-30
Primary Completion
2019-07-30
Completion
2019-07-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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Diseases

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