Power-Assisted Therapeutic Electrical Stimulation to Upper Extremities

Stroke Clinical Trial

— TES  

Official title:

Power-Assisted Therapeutic Electrical Stimulation to Upper Extremities in Acute Stroke Patients. A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00823537
• Other study ID #: TES-RCT
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 14, 2009
• Last updated: January 14, 2009
• Start date: January 2009
• Est. completion date: February 2011

Study information

• Verified date: January 2009
• Source: Fujita Health University
• Contact: Hitoshi Kagaya, MD
• Email: hkagaya2[@]fujita-hu.ac.jp
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Japan: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Power-assisted therapeutic electrical stimulation (TES) or conventional TES to upper extremities in acute stroke patients were performed in a randomized controlled trial. The changes in finger and hand function will be evaluated. The hypothesis is that a power-assisted TES is more effective than a conventional TES.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: February 2011
• Est. primary completion date: December 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 10 Years to 90 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• acute or subacute phase of stroke

Exclusion Criteria:

• chronic phase of stroke

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Stroke

Intervention

Procedure:
• therapeutic electrical stimulation

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Fujita Health University