NCT03023150

Ischemic Preconditioning as an Intervention to Improve Stroke Rehabilitation - Froedtert

Ischemic Preconditioning as an Intervention to Improve Stroke Rehabilitation

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: Medical College of Wisconsin · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will be the first study to use ischemic preconditioning (IPC) as an intervention to improve stroke rehabilitation. IPC is a well studied, well tolerated intervention which has been shown to improve regional blood flow, motor neuron excitability and muscle function in multiple patient groups and in young, healthy subjects. Because IPC targets three physiological systems which are all affected by stroke, we hypothesize that repeated bouts of IPC during the first days to months following stroke (when the majority of recovery occurs) will make traditional rehabilitation strategies more effective.

Conditions

• Stroke Rehabilitation
• Ischemic Preconditioning
• Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Ischemic Preconditioning
OTHER	Sham

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-10-01
• Primary completion: 2023-08-01
• Completion: 2023-08-01
• First posted: 2017-01-18
• Last updated: 2023-08-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States