NCT05180786 · Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Error-enhanced Learning & Recovery in 2 & 3 Dimensions
What this study is about
This study is being done to see how errors lead to improvement. Specifically, we are evaluating the errors stroke participants make during an upper extremity exercise program when reaching for a target using their affected treatment group$1.
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This study is being done to see how errors lead to improvement. Specifically, we are evaluating the errors stroke participants make during an upper extremity exercise program when reaching for a target using their affected arm. Once we understand the participant's reaching errors, we plan to create a customized reaching exercise according to the individual's specific error tendencies which will lead to better performance on movement ability after training.
Interventions
OTHER
Error Fields
Participants will complete a reaching experiment using the robotic arm with error fields turned on.
OTHER
No Error Fields
Participants will complete a reaching experiment using the robotic arm with error fields turned off.
Primary outcome measures
Perpendicular Error
Time frame: 60-90 minutes
Who can participate
This study lists these criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov. A study coordinator reviews eligibility during screening — this page does not determine whether you qualify.
Inclusion criteria
- 18 years of age or older
- Chronic stroke (8+ months post stroke event) with primary motor cortex involvement
- Hemiparesis
- Some degree of both shoulder and elbow movement capability
Exclusion criteria
- Bilateral paresis
- Severe tactile deficits using the Two-Point Discrimination Test (participant must detect\<11mm)
- Severe proprioceptive deficits
- Severe spasticity (Modified Ashworth \>3) preventing movement
- Aphasia, cognitive impairment, or affective dysfunction that would influence the ability to perform the experiment
- Visual deficits, and hemispatial neglect that would prevent the subjects from seeing the targets.
- Inability to provide an informed consent
- severe current medical problems
- diffuse/multiple lesion sites or multiple stroke events
- Inability to attain and maintain testing positions
- Botox injection to the affected upper extremity within the previous 4 months
- Concurrent participation in upper extremity rehabilitation either as part of a research intervention protocol or a prescribed therapy
- Participation in previous, similar robotics intervention study
- Other neurological issues None of the following special populations will be included in this research study:
- Adults unable to consent
- Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers)
- Pregnant women
- Vulnerable Populations
Where
- Chicago, Illinois
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Will I receive a placebo instead of treatment?
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Data: ClinicalTrials.gov · synced Oct 24, 2024 · Source of record for eligibility and locations