Muscle Activity of the Upper Limb Between Task-Specific and Robot Assisted Training Among Individuals Post Stroke

Stroke Clinical Trial

Official title:

Differences in Muscle Activity and Fatigue of the Upper Limb Between Task-Specific Training and Robot Assisted Training Among Individuals Post Stroke

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03575481
• Other study ID #: 0295-15-HMO
• Status: Completed
• Start date: September 30, 2015
• Est. completion date: March 29, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: June 2018
• Source: Hadassah Medical Organization
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The investigators compared the activity and fatigue of upper extremity muscles, pain levels, subject satisfaction levels, perceived exertion, and number of repetitions in Task-Specific Training (TST) compared with Robot-Assisted Training (RAT) in individuals post-stroke.

Description:

Twenty sub-acute post stroke subjects received one TST and one RAT. They marked the pain level in their paretic extremity before and after each session. Muscle activity levels and fatigue and number of repetitions were monitored during each session. The subjective assessment questionnaire of treatment and the Borg scale were administered post-session.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: March 29, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: March 1, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 85 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 to 85 year old individuals up to three months following stroke

• National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score 3-15

• Intact cognitive function

• mild to moderate weakness of the affected hand

• normal or corrected eyesight

Exclusion Criteria:

• neurological, cardio-vascular or orthopedic impairment, unrelated to the stroke, which restricts upper limb function

• a pace-maker

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Stroke

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• The RAT and The TST
The RAT (ReoGo; Motorika Medical, Caesarea, Israel) The TST protocol included the conventional, repetitive, task-oriented training of the affected arm.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Israel	Hadassah Medical Center	Jerusalem

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hadassah Medical Organization	Tel Aviv University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Israel, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Muscle activity	The activity levels of electromyographic signal (in millivolts) will be averaged for the duration of the recording.	30 minutes
Primary	Muscle fatigue	Fatigue expressed by calculation of the the difference between the median frequency in the first 5 minutes and last five minutes of a 30 minute session	30 minutes