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Filter by:The investigators are conducting a research study to try to improve rehabilitation interventions for individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). In this study, the aim is to determine if temporarily numbing non-paralyzed arm muscles with an over-the-counter numbing cream while exercising paralyzed muscles, can improve the strength, function, and sensation of paralyzed muscles after a spinal cord injury.
Take Charge is a novel, community-based treatment for stroke developed to harness a person's self-determination. Two prior clinical trials with 572 stroke survivors showed that Take Charge improves quality of life, independence, and social participation up to a year after stroke. Take Charge has also been shown to be overall cost-saving to the health system and is a useful adjunct to standard care after stroke. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of healthcare has moved into a telehealth approach. The simplicity of Take Charge may lend itself to being effective if delivered by telehealth, allowing greater access for people with stroke in rural communities. Improving the care we provide in underserved regions of the country is important to help the health of Canadians. We are proposing a new study, working closely with the researchers who ran the previous Take Charge studies. The goal of this feasibility clinical trial is to learn about Tele-Take Charge in adults with stroke who live in Southern Alberta. The main questions it aims to answer are: - is delivering Take Charge by telehealth feasible? - is Take Charge by telehealth acceptable to this population? Participants will meet with facilitators online via Zoom at 4 to 16 weeks after stroke, and be randomized to receive either: - two Tele-Take Charge sessions six weeks apart - one control tele-education session. Researchers will compare the Tele-Take Charge and control groups to see if there are any differences in outcome measures. these differences will help researchers to estimate the number of participants that will be needed for a larger, multi-centred effectiveness trial.
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the effects of perturbation based balance exercises with whole body vibration training in sub-acute stroke patients and to evaluate their effects on balance, and gait. The main aim to : - To evaluate their effects on balance, and gait. - Comparison of these rehabilitation protocols and identify the more efficacious treatment. Participants will perform perturbation based balance training and whole body vibration therapy to improve balance and gait. If there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare both groups to see both interventions effects.
A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Multicenter Study of the Safety and Neuroprotective Capacity of Scp776 in Subjects Undergoing Endovascular Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke
The study is a two-center prospective cohort clinical trial. The primary purpose of this trial is to identify the pattern of DKK2 serum levels in ischemic stroke patients after revascularization therapy and determine the correlation between serum DKK2 levels and prognosis.
This experimental trial is investigating the use of magnetic stimulation of the brain as a possible treatment for people with post-stroke fatigue. Fatigue is a common condition after a stroke and can negatively impact an individual's ability to perform desired social and physical activities. Magnetic stimulation of the brain has been shown to improve signs and symptoms of related psychological (e.g., depression) conditions. Participants in this trial will receive a type of magnetic stimulation called repetitive magnetic stimulation, or rTMS. The investigators will measure feelings of fatigue, and other clinical characteristics related to mood and cognition, before and after participants receive rTMS.
The aims of this study were to perform cultural adaptation of the telephone based ABILOCO-stroke instrument and provide information regarding the factor structure, reliability and validity of the instrument in Turkish speaking patients with stroke.
After a stroke, 80% of patients continue to have difficulty using their paretic upper limb in activities of daily living (ADL) despite post-stroke rehabilitation practices that aim to promote the use of the paretic upper limb. It is known that functional recovery depends on actual use (Use it or Loose it), but one-time measurements in the clinic do not allow quantification of the actual use of the paretic upper limb in daily life (in the person's living environment). The investigators hypothesize the feasibility of quantifying functional use of the paretic upper limb by actimetry in clinical routine.
Stroke is the leading cause of disability in the elderly . The most common manifestations of stroke are deficits in motor control that involve abnormal synergistic organization of movements, muscle weakness, sensory deficits, and loss of range of motion. Poor posture, which is one of its main symptoms, affects falls or injured falls. Fear of falling is a psychological condition associated with balance disorders and fall risks after a stroke.
In the proposed study, the investigators assumed that mirror therapy combined with augmented reality technology will provide a better treatment effects than traditional mirror therapy for the patients with unilateral stroke. The aim of the study is to examine the difference in the treatment effects among the combination of task-oriented training with either augmented reality based mirror therapy, mirror therapy or traditional occupational therapy on the upper extremity function and brain activity of the stroke patients.