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Effects of Home-based CIMT and Clinic-based CIM on Stroke
Sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Summary
Constraint induced movement therapy (CIMT) is based on the theoretical basis that constraining the unaffected limb following injury of the brain such as stroke can help overcome learned non-use. It comprises of constraint of the unaffected limb, massed tasks practice with the affected limb and a behavioral contract known as the transfer package whereby use of the affected limb is extended to the real-world situations. home-based rehabilitation is likely to be cost-effective, and it may reduce cost for patients in terms of hospital charges and transport fares. However, one of the major problems with the existing home-based CIMT protocols is that, they used number of hours spent carrying out tasks practice as the measure of intensity of practice, and it has been argued that, such method is not clear and it does not reflect the correct intensity of practice.
Official title: Effects of Repetition Home-based Constraint Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) Compared With Repetition Clinic-based CIMT on Outcomes Post Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
50 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
96
Start Date
2024-03-01
Completion Date
2024-12-01
Last Updated
2024-06-18
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Home-based CIMT
Participants and their families will be required to attend clinic to practice 3 times (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) during the first week, 2 times (Monday and Friday) during the second week and once (Monday) during the 3rd week under the supervision of a trained research assistant. They will be allowed to practice exclusively at home during the 4th week under the supervision of their family members.
Clinic-based CIMT
Participants in both groups will perform 5 tasks with the affected upper limb, each 100 times, making it 500 repetitions in total within a duration of 2 hours every day, five days a week for 4 weeks at home and in the clinic respectively. Details of the tasks to be performed are presented in table 1. We chose 2 hours because, patients with stroke can perform about 300 repetitions of tasks practice within one hour. Similarly, we chose 500 repetitions because the number of repetitions of tasks practice required for motor recovery ranges between 300 and 600 repetitions per day
Control
Participants will attend 45 minutes health talk provided by a research assistant twice in a week (Mondays and Fridays) in the clinic for 4 weeks. They will receive each talk in either a group of 3 or 5 patients. Similar control intervention was used in previous study
Locations (1)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong, Hong Kong