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Improving Independent Multi-joint Arm Control After Stroke
Sponsor: University of Houston
Summary
The purposes of this study include: 1. \- To identify whether features of aberrant intermuscular coordination patterns can be used to predict motor impairment after stroke. 2. \- To test whether muscle synergies are malleable to a non-invasive EMG-guided exercise that induces changes in intermuscular coordination of upper extremity muscles after stroke.
Official title: Intermuscular Coordination as a Novel Clinical Target for Stroke Neurorehabilitation
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
40 Years - 75 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
74
Start Date
2024-09-01
Completion Date
2029-09-01
Last Updated
2024-07-26
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Neuromuscular coordination-guided rehabilitative training
During training exercise, post-stroke participants will be asked to match the targets on the screen. The experimental group will match them by activating a specific set of muscle. During assessment trials, a physical therapist or occupational therapist will rate the functional level of arm impairment using FMA and ARAT.
Force strengthening-guided rehabilitative training
During training exercise, post-stroke participants will be asked to match the targets on the screen. The active comparator group will match them by generating isometric force in a desired target direction. During assessment trials, a physical therapist or occupational therapist will rate the functional level of arm impairment using FMA and ARAT.
Locations (1)
University of Houston
Houston, Texas, United States