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

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

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Stroke
• Intervention / Treatment: Diagnostic test: The RAT and The TST

Detailed 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.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 20

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Israel
  • Jerusalem, Israel, 91240
    • Hadassah Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 85 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

stroke survivors

Description

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

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Post stroke patients	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.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Muscle activity	The activity levels of electromyographic signal (in millivolts) will be averaged for the duration of the recording.	30 minutes
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

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Hadassah Medical Organization
• Collaborators: Tel Aviv University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): September 30, 2015
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): March 1, 2017
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): March 29, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 17, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 28, 2018
• First Posted (ACTUAL): July 2, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): July 2, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 28, 2018
• Last Verified: June 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Cardiovascular Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Stroke
• Other Study ID Numbers: 0295-15-HMO

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No