Facilitating Neuroplastic Changes of Acute Stroke Survivors

ConditionStroke
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 1, Phase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age30-85
SponsorUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore

About this trial

This project will develop a wearable rehabilitation robot suitable for in-bed acute stage rehabilitation. It involves robot-guided motor relearning, passive and active motor-sensory rehabilitation early in the acute stage post-stroke including patients who are paralyzed with no motor output. The early acute stroke rehabilitation device will be evaluated in this clinical trial.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Acute first time unilateral hemispheric stroke (hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke, 24 hours after admission to 1 month post-stroke at the start of the proposed treatment)

Hemiplegia or hemiparesis

0≤Manual Muscle Testing (MMT)<=2

Age 30-85

Disqualifiers

Medically not stable

Associated acute medical illness that interferes with ability to training and exercise

No impairment or very mild ankle impairment of ankle

Severe cardiovascular problems that interfere with ability to perform moderate movement exercises

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Motor relearning training
  • Passive stretching
  • Gamed-based active movement training
  • Passive movement
  • Active movement training
  • Ankle torque and motion measurement

Treatment groups

68 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Locations

3
UMROI21207, BaltimoreMaryland, United States
University of Maryland Baltimore21201, BaltimoreMaryland, United States
TIRR Memorial Hermann77030, HoustonTexas, United States

Sponsors and collaborators

University of Maryland, Baltimore

Lead sponsor

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Collaborator