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The Application of a Mental Practice Protocol in the Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting

NCT04927728 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 18

Last updated 2021-06-16

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Summary

The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to compare the effect of audio-guided mental practice (MP) and video-guided MP on the impairment and functional abilities of upper extremity (UE) hemiparesis following a stroke. Participants are recruited from Adventist Healthcare Rehabilitation Hospital. All participants must be less than one-month post-stroke with moderate UE hemiparesis. Eligible participants are randomly assigned to an experimental group, (MP or repetitive-task practice (RTP)), or the control group.

The MP groups will perform either audio-guided MP or video-guided MP, five days a week, with 20 repetitions of the following tasks: wiping a table, picking up a cup, brushing hair, and turning the pages of a book. The RTP group physically performed the same tasks. The control group received traditional stroke rehabilitation.

The investigators hypothesize that video MP will have greater improvements in UE impairments and functional abilities than audio MP, RTP, and/or traditional therapy.

Conditions

  • Stroke
  • Upper Extremity Paresis

Interventions

OTHER

Mental Practice

MP is the cognitive rehearsal of a motor task without physical movement, with the intent to improve motor performance. Mental practice can be completed via audio or video recording, visual prompts, written instructions, self-initiated or recorded pictures.

OTHER

Repetitive-Task Practice

Repetitive-Task Practice is the repetitive rehearsal of a motor task with the intent to improve motor performance.

OTHER

Traditional Therapy

Traditional therapy includes traditional interventions completed in occupational therapy for patients following a stroke. These interventions include but are not limited to, range of motion, weight-bearing, massage, modalities, self-care training, and transfer training.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Texas Woman's University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Adventist HealthCare

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-01-28
Primary Completion
2020-11-25
Completion
2020-11-25

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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