Muscle Tone Changes in Acute Stroke According to Brain Injury

Stroke Clinical Trial

Official title:

Muscle Tone Changes in Acute Stroke According to Brain Injury in Relation to Changes in Functioning

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01041560
• Other study ID #: KSKS2
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 30, 2009
• Last updated: December 30, 2009
• Start date: September 2008
• Est. completion date: December 2010

Study information

• Verified date: December 2009
• Source: Jyväskylä Central Hospital
• Contact: Jari Ylinen, MD, PhD
• Phone: +358142691145
• Email: jari.ylinen[@]ksshp.fi
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Finland: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the study is to examine connections between muscle tones, strength and function after stroke.

Description:

Measurements are intended to repeat every two days in acute phase to discover possible changes in tone and strength in arm and leg muscles.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: December 2010
• Est. primary completion date: December 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 85 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• unilateral decline in the arm or leg muscle strength

Exclusion Criteria:

• unwilling to take part on the trial

• not conscious

• no differences between muscle strength on the right and left side

Study Design

Observational Model: Case-Only, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Brain Injuries
• Stroke

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Finland	Central Finland Health Care District	Jyväskylä

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Jyväskylä Central Hospital	Eurostars

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Finland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Muscle tone		Immediately after stroke, during the first week in hospital every other day, and then once a week before discharging from hospital	No
Secondary	Muscle strength		Immediately after stroke, during the first week in hospital every other day, and then once a week before discharging from hospital	No