NCT01511796

Examining the Effectiveness of Combined Rehabilitation and Botulinum Toxin Injection on Functional Improvement of the Upper Limb After Stroke

Effectiveness of Botulinum Toxin Combined With Upper Limb Rehabilitation on Arm Function

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 38 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Toronto Rehabilitation Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of a combination of "Botulinum Toxin (BT) and Upper Limb (UL) rehabilitation" compared to "BT only" on UL motor function in adults with spasticity after stroke using a pre-post design. The research question is whether combination of BT and UL rehabilitation compared to BT only is more effective in improving the UL function, range of motion and pain.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	upper limb rehabiliation	3 months upper rehabilation (twice a week) and then 3 more months upper limb rehabitation ( twice a week)

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-01-01
• Primary completion: 2013-04-01
• Completion: 2014-04-01
• First posted: 2012-01-19
• Last updated: 2012-01-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada