NCT04927728

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

The Application of a Mental Practice Protocol to Increase the Functional Recovery of the Hemiparetic Upper Extremity in the Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 18 (actual)
• Sponsor: Adventist HealthCare · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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

Type	Name	Description
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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-01-28
• Primary completion: 2020-11-25
• Completion: 2020-11-25
• First posted: 2021-06-16
• Last updated: 2021-06-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States