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Activity-based Mirror Therapy for Lower Limb Motor Recovery, Balance, Gait, and Mobility in Acute Inpatient Stroke: A Feasibility Study

NCT06884709 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2025-03-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This feasibility study is the first step of a larger effects study exploring the use of an activity-based mirror therapy program for people who have had a stroke in the last 30 days and are in the hospital. The study aims to examine features of the study design as well as the preliminary effects of the mirror therapy program on motor recovery, balance, gait, and mobility.

In this study participants will complete 15 minutes of lower limb mirror therapy three days per week for two weeks, alongside their usual physiotherapy. The motor recovery, balance, gait, and mobility of participants will then be reassessed. Participants will also be invited to complete a short questionnaire and interview about their experience in the study.

Stroke physiotherapists that are involved in the study will also complete a questionnaire and interview to provide feedback on the study and it's design.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Mirror Therapy

During mirror therapy, participants will sit in an arm chair with a mirror placed in their mid-sagittal plane so that their non-paretic lower limb is reflected and their paretic lower limb is hidden. They will be asked to complete activity-based exercises with their non-paretic limb whilst watching the reflection in the mirror and imagining the reflection is their paretic limb. The activity-based exercises consist of rocker board dorsi/plantarflexion, rocker board in/eversion, step ups, wiping floor (or ball rolling) in/external hip rotation, wiping floor ab/adduction, ball kicking, and picking up marbles with the toes. Participants will do these exercises for 15 minutes, three days per week for four weeks. Participants will also receive 45 to 60 minutes of usual personalized conventional physiotherapy such as neurodevelopmental facilitation, sensory motor re-education, active/active-assisted exercises, and balance/gait training, five days per week.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Glasgow Caledonian University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Vicky Joshi, PhD · Glasgow Caledonian University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-04-04
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2026-12-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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