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Filter by:The goal of this multicenter randomized trial is to evaluate the impact of a personalized video-based stroke education platform on patient-centered and health system-centered outcomes. The main questions this study aims to address are: 1. Does a personalized, video-based educational platform improve stroke knowledge? 2. Does a personalized, video-based educational platform reduce post-discharge health system utilization? 3. Do different strategies of nudging improve engagement with educational material after hospital discharge? In order to determine the effect of this personalized stroke education strategy, researchers will compare subjects who receive standard stroke education with those who receive the personalized stroke education platform in addition to standard standard education. Patient knowledge will be assessed 90-days after discharge. Study participants will include both stroke patients and caregivers, who will: 1. Receive standard education during the stroke hospitalization 2. Complete a survey on the day of hospital discharge to assess their baseline knowledge. 3. Half of the subjects will be randomly assigned to also receive access to the personalized stroke education platform on the day of discharge. 4. All subjects will complete two follow-up study visits (7 and 90 days after discharge) in order to complete surveys.
The upper limbs play an essential role for safe and efficient walking in healthy persons and persons post-stroke. Nevertheless, in current post-stroke gait rehabilitation (research) the upper limbs are barely targeted. To address this gap, my project aims to investigate the selective motor control of the upper limbs during walking and the contribution of the cortical activity to the arm swing in independent walkers after stroke. To gain insight in the direct effects of stroke on the arm swing, the primary motor control of the arm swing will be evaluated by determining muscle synergies (i.e group of muscles working together as a task-specific functional unit). Additionally, the cortical activity (EEG-analysis) during walking of persons post-stroke will be compared to healthy controls and the relationship between stroke-induced changes in cortical activity and arm swing deviations will be assessed. Furthermore, I will evaluate whether improvements in cortical activity relate to improvements in primary motor control of the arm swing. This innovative project will be the first to investigate the direct coupling between the cortex and the muscle synergies in persons post-stroke during independent walking to investigate the arm swing. These fundamental insights in the primary motor control of the arm swing and the contribution of the cortical activity will allow to develop targeted interventions aiming to improve arm swing and as such optimize post-stroke gait rehabilitation. Research questions: 1. How can muscle synergies explain arm swing alterations in independent walkers after stroke? 2. How do stroke-induced changes in cortical activity relate to arm swing deviations in persons after stroke? 3. Are changes in primary motor control of the upper limb during walking related to normalization of brain activity in independent walkers after stroke?
The goal of this longitudinal observational study is to learn the course of recovery after stroke. Specifically, in this study we will learn and describe the changes in cognitive, motor and sensory function over time in stroke patients.
The aim of this observational study is to perform a temporal and geographical external validation of the EPOS (Early Prediction of Outcome after Stroke) model for the prediction of independent gait after stroke. The EPOS model measures the early presence of leg strength on the affected side and sitting ability to predict recovery of independent walking six months after stroke. Compared to the EPOS model development study, the prediction time point of independent gait in this study will be three months rather than six months post-stroke and the patients will be more heterogeneous. Due to the differences in the new cohort, it is expected that the performance of the models will be lower than in the development cohort, but still be adequate.
Cerebral stroke is one of the most pressing clinical and social problems of modern medicine. According to WHO estimates, acute cerebral failure rank second among all causes of death. Optimizing the treatment of such conditions remains an urgent problem in neurology and rehabilitation.
A multicenter, prospective, open-label, blinded endpoint, randomized controlled trial that aims to evaluate the effect of immediate angioplasty (with or without stenting) for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) with severe intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (ICAS) in improving the 90-day functional outcome.
The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the effect of S-HRAT to improve patients' motor function and activities of daily living.
Until recently, acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients with a baseline large infarct core have been generally excluded from clinical trials of endovascular therapy (EVT). A first multicenter randomized trial (Rescue Japan Limit trial) found a significant benefit of EVT in AIS patients with large infarct core (DWI-ASPECTS of 3-5). Another non-randomized multicenter prospective study found a positive association of EVT with 3-month outcome in AIS patients with a baseline CTP ischemic core volume >70mL. More recently, 2 additional randomized trials were published. They both confirmed a strong efficacy of EVT in patients with large infarct core. However, even with EVT, the proportion of good outcome (3-month mRS score of 0-3), remains low in these highly severe AIS patients ranging from 8-30%. Almost 75% of EVT-treated patients are still severely disabled or dead at 3 months. In experimental studies, we and others described the pathophysiological features of the downstream microvascular thrombosis (DMT) in AIS setting highlighting its immediate occurrence and the pivotal role of platelet activation and aggregation. In recent clinical studies, it has been shown that, even with a complete angiographic recanalization after EVT, up to 40% of patients presented no-reflow (NR), a failure of downstream microvascular reperfusion, visible on perfusion imaging performed after EVT. Some clinical studies reported the clinical impact of NR after successful EVT. We found that DMT participated to the development of neurovascular lesions in AIS with both an early ischemic lesion growth risk evolving towards a delayed hemorrhagic transformation (HT) and vasogenic edema risks and therefore worse outcome. Our results suggested that an antiplatelet therapy infused early in AIS patients could reduce both the ischemic lesion but also the risk of delayed vasogenic edema and HT. Platelet glycoprotein VI (GPVI) is a key receptor for collagen and fibrin and plays a major role in platelet activation, platelet recruitment and thrombosis. Furthermore, inhibition of the GPVI does not impair haemostasis and subjects with a genetic or acquired GPVI deficiency are not prone to excessively bleed. Glenzocimab is a monoclonal antibody directed against the GPVI. It has been developed as an immediate antiplatelet agent with minimal bleeding risk for treating AIS. The ACTIMIS trial, a phase IB/IIA clinical study that assessed for the first time the glenzocimab IV infusion in AIS patients found very promising safety data including a significant reduce of symptomatic HT (1% vs. 7.8%) and mortality rates (7.8% vs. 18.7%), especially in severe AIS patients. Our hypothesis is that IV glenzocimab infusion would improve good functional outcome in large ischemic core AIS patients treated with EVT by reducing the DMT, ischemic lesion growth, and the HT rate.
Persons post-stroke suffer from hemiparesis affecting the functional abilities of the controlesional lower limb. Improving walking is therefore a primary rehabilitation goal for such patients. Robotic-Assisted Rehabilitation (RAR, e.g. exoskeletons) and Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) are promising techniques to facilitate the functional recovery after stroke. allowing benefits to be maintained over long term.
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if intelligent rehabilitation robot training system combined with repetitive facilitative exercise (RFE) work to treat stroke in adults. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does drug intelligent rehabilitation robot training system combined with RFE improve the upper limb motor function of participants? Can the combination of intelligent rehabilitation robot training system and RFE achieve better effects? Researchers will compare 3 groups (RFE, intelligent rehabilitation robot training system under RFE, and conventional therapy) to see if intelligent rehabilitation robot training system and RFE works to treat stroke. Participants will: Receive treatment for 4 weeks Receive scale and instrument testing before and after treatment