Motor Learning of a Planning Task in Stroke Patients: the Maze Paradigm Measured Through Time and Error as Variables

Stroke Clinical Trial

Official title:

Motor Learning of a Planning Task in Stroke Patients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00740402
• Other study ID #: GPalma
• Secondary ID: GPalma 123
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 22, 2008
• Last updated: April 15, 2010
• Start date: January 2008
• Est. completion date: January 2009

Study information

• Verified date: August 2008
• Source: Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: National Committee of Ethics in Research
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the process of acquiring a motor skill subject in post-stroke, comparing them with healthy subjects.

Description:

20 post-stroke patients were comprised to the experimental group (EG) and 20 health subjects were included to the control group (CG. Inclusion criteria: chronic stroke, single stroke event, lesion in anterior circulation, right handed subjects, MEEM over 23 points. The task consisted in a maze paradigm, made by pencil and paper, with the non affected side for EG and left upper extremity for CG. The instruction was given to the subjects to complete the task as fast as possible. The study consisted in three phases: acquisition (AQ)with 30 trials, transfer (TR, short retention (R1)and long term retention (R2 both with 5 trials.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: January 2009
• Est. primary completion date: July 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 45 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age between 40 and 65

• Injury in territory of movement earlier, as shown by examination of image and finding medical neurologist

• Time of injury over 6 months

• Single vascular event

• Right handed, by applying the Inventory of Dominance Side of Edinburgh Mini mental with scores over 23 points

Exclusion Criteria:

• Aphasia of understanding

• Instability clinic

• Other neurological diseases associated (Parkinson's disease, dementias, Alzheimer)

Study Design

Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Stroke

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	University Center of Metropolitan United	São Paulo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	TIME	time (in seconds)	3 times in a week (acquisition, transfer an retention phase)	Yes
Secondary	error	number of mistakes made by the subjects	3 times in a week (acquisition, transfer an retention phase)	Yes