Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy for Adults Post-Stroke With Mild Upper Extremity Impairment

Part of paid clinical trials in Birmingham, Alabama.

Sponsor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Study ID
NCT05492513
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident)
  • Stroke
  • Upper Extremity Paresis

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Grade 1 CI Therapy +Sensory Components — BEHAVIORAL
    All participants will receive Grade 1 CI Therapy + Sensory Components over a two-week period of time. The treatment intervention will include all CI Therapy treatment strategies including: 1) supervised motor training in the form of shaping with repeated trials and task practice for 1.5 hours per day for 5 weekdays for 2 weeks 2) a behavioral Transfer Package (TP) will be employed to aid carry-over of skills gained by the participant in the laboratory to the life situation 3) each participant will wear a mitt on the less-affected hand for most of their waking hours to encourage use of the more-affected hand 4) participants will be given home assignments to be carried out for at least 30 minutes each day. Sensory component strategies will be added to stimulate sensory input through the more-affected arm and hand as well as to train sensory discrimination skills.

Study Details

Constraint-Induced Therapy (CI Therapy) is a behavioral approach to neurorehabilitation and consists of multi-components that have been applied in a systematic method to improve the use of the limb or function addressed in the intensive treatment. CI Therapy for the more-affected upper extremity (UE) post-stroke is administered in daily treatment sessions over consecutive weekdays. Sessions include motor training with repeated, timed trials using a technique called shaping, a set of behavioral strategies known as the Transfer Package (TP) to improve the use of the more-affected hand in the life situation, and strategies to remind participants to use the more-affected UE including restraint. Robust improvements in the amount and qualify of use have been realized with stroke participants from mild-to-severe UE impairment.

Key Dates

Start date
Dec 8, 2022
Status verified
Feb 2026
Primary completion
Nov 30, 2026
Completion
Mar 31, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
12 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Grade 1 CI Therapy + Sensory Components
    All participants will receive the Grade 1 CI Therapy + Sensory Components administered over a two-week period of time.

Primary Outcome Measure

45-Item Motor Activity Log (MAL) [ Time Frame: At post treatment after 2 weeks of intervention ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
University of Alabama at BirminghamBirminghamAlabama35233
Mary H Bowman, BS OT
[email protected]
2059340069

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