Does the Enhanced Rehabilitation Programs Facilitate the Motor Recovery After Stroke?
Poststroke/CVA Hemiparesis
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Poststroke/CVA Hemiparesis focused on measuring intensity, rehabilitation
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- First-ever stroke with the onset 10-90 days prior to the enrollment
- Age: 20-80y
- With a hemiplegic upper extremity with Brunnstrom stage in I~IV
- Able to understand simple orders (1-step orders, such as "raise your hand, touch your head….)
- Totally independent in activity of daily life before the onset of stroke
Exclusion Criteria:
- Incompliance to the assessments or interventions due to unstable medical condition, abnormal cognition, or other conditions.
- Stroke of brainstem or cerebellum
- Had received craniotomy or ventriculoperitoneal shunting
- Needs of orthoses in walking before the onset of stroke
- Had had motor dysfunctions (eg, amputation, cerebral palsy, poliomyelitis or other neuromuscular diseases) before the stroke.
- Intracranial hemorrhage caused by artereovenous malformation, aneurysm, or tumor
- Able to walk independently for more than 50 meters.
Sites / Locations
- WanFang Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
enhanced upper-extremity program, EUEP
enhanced lower-extremity program,ELLP)
Both groups receive routine rehabilitation including daily 50 mins of physical therapy and 50 mins of occupational therapy. The EUP group receives additional daily 50 mins program focusing on training of the hemiplegic upper extremity. The participants receive 20-day training over a 4-weekperiod. The additional program is designed to be specific to either upper-extremity or lower-extremity. Accordingly, one group can be used as the control group of the other one.
Both groups receive routine rehabilitation including daily 50 mins of physical therapy and 50 mins of occupational therapy. The ELP group receives additional daily 50 mins program focusing on training of the hemiplegic lower extremity. The participants receive 20-day training over a4-weekperiod. The additional program is designed to be specific to either upper-extremity or lower-extremity. Accordingly,one group can be used as the control group of the other one.