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What do I Think I Can do and What do I Really do: the Use of the Arm in Daily Life After Stroke

NCT04430153 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2021-06-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study was organized to investigate the real upper limb use in persons after stroke. Persons after stroke often have problems moving their affected arm, leading to limitations in performing simple tasks. In previous research in a group of 60 patients post stroke the investigators investigated two things: they observed how patients can move their affected arm, and the investigators asked patients to indicate how they think they can use their affected arm. Surprisingly, the investigators concluded that in patients with a similar, good observed arm use there were two groups: (1) a 'match' group, reporting they can use their arm well, and (2) a 'mismatch' group, reporting they can not use their arm well. This project will further investigate this last group. The investigators will now use sensor technology to investigate the actual daily life arm use during daily life. The investigators hypothesize this daily arm use will be lower in the mismatch group than in the group with good observed and perceived ability.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

"Class 1 Medical Device" CE certified devices: ActiGraph wGT3X-BT accelerometer

Accelerometers on both patients' wrists will give insight into the daily life upper limb use.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

    collaborator OTHER

  • Research Foundation Flanders

    collaborator OTHER

  • KU Leuven

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Geert Verheyden · KU Leuven

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-10-01
Primary Completion
2021-05-30
Completion
2021-05-30

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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