Addressing Arm Non-use by Encouraging Idle-time Activity During Early Recovery From Stroke
Stroke, Exercise
About this trial
This is an interventional other trial for Stroke
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria (General): The goal of this feasibility clinical trial is to assess the functional utility and subjective patient experience using a personal exercise cueing system designed to reduce learned non-use of the hemiparetic arm in the days, and weeks immediately following stroke. We therefore restrict inclusion to stroke survivors in the inpatient rehabilitation unit of Froedtert Memorial Hospital (Milwaukee, WI). Thus, candidate subjects will undergo screening by Dr. McGuire and his team prior to inclusion in the study. Stroke survivors shall have: had a unilateral stroke within the last 30 days; ability to give informed consent and be able to follow two-stage instructions; a broad range of motor impairment as assessed using the upper extremity portion of the Fugl-Meyer Motor Assessment (i.e., UE-FM score <= 50 out of a possible 66); age ≥ 18 yr. of age. Exclusion Criteria (General) include: Inability of subjects to give informed consent or follow two-stage instructions; concurrent illness or severe pain limiting the capacity to conform to study requirements.
Sites / Locations
- Froedtert Memorial HospitalRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Survivors of stroke in early stages of recovery