NCT04584177

Arm-hand Boost Program During Inpatient Rehabilitation After Stroke

Arm-hand Boost Program During Inpatient Rehabilitation After Stroke: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: Jessa Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

A pilot cross-over RCT including participants with sub-acute stroke is conducted in an inpatient rehabilitation setting. The experimental group (EG) receives an arm-hand boost program on top of their usual care program. The control group (CG) receives a dose-matched program of strengthening exercises for the lower limbs and general reconditioning. After 4 weeks, a cross-over is performed. Before, after 4 weeks and after 8 weeks of additional therapy, different clinical outcome measures for the upper limb are administered.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Arm-hand BOOST program	The arm-hand boost program is provided 1 hour/day, 5x/week for 4 weeks, on top of their usual care program. The focus of the boost program is on scapula-setting, core-stability when reaching, movements with 30-60° flexion/abduction in shoulder, fine manipulation and integration in complex ADL tasks. Additionally, patients exercise 1 hour per week using the Armeo Power (Hocoma). Therefore, the additional arm-hand boost program consists of 24 one-hour sessions, provided over four weeks.
BEHAVIORAL	Control program	A dose-matched program of strengthening exercises for the lower limbs and general reconditioning

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-05-09
• Primary completion: 2020-11-03
• Completion: 2020-11-03
• First posted: 2020-10-12
• Last updated: 2021-02-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium