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Telephone Assessment and Skill-Building Kit (TASK): A New Program for Family Caregivers of Stroke...

Family Caregivers of Stroke SurvivorsStroke

The purpose of this study is to test a new educational program for families taking care of persons who have had a stroke. Caregivers are asked what they think of the TASK program and how to make it better. After getting the TASK program, their ability to provide care will be compared with a group that did not receive the TASK program.

Completed2 enrollment criteria

Effects of Early Treadmill Training on Ambulatory Ability in Stroke Patients: Electromyographic...

Stroke

The purpose of this study is to explore an alternative approach that emphasizes task specificity and treadmill training for ambulation training of these patients.

Completed7 enrollment criteria

Cardiac and Renal Disease Study (CARDS)

Coronary DiseaseCardiovascular Diseases8 more

To examine the epidemiology of renal disease and its relationship to cardiovascular disease.

Completed1 enrollment criteria

Hormone Replacement Therapy and Prothrombotic Variants

Cardiovascular DiseasesHeart Diseases3 more

To examine in postmenopausal women the potential interactions of hormone replacement therapy with other blood clotting factors on the risk of cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack or stroke.

Completed1 enrollment criteria

Motor Learning in Stroke Patients and Healthy Volunteers

StrokeHealthy

This study will try to elucidate learning processes associated with motor training in the weak arm of stroke patients compared with healthy controls. Results from previous clinical trials indicate that training may enhance motor function in healthy volunteers, and perhaps also in stroke patients, even more than 1 year after the stroke. Normal, healthy volunteers and stroke patients 18 years of age and older may be eligible for this study. Study subjects will have a physical examination and participate in 6 additional clinic visits-training and testing sessions on study days 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, and a final testing session on day 12. During these sessions, they will perform a series of motor tasks, including writing, picking up objects, turning cards, stacking checkers and moving cans, which will be timed and videotaped. Each session will be divided into blocks of 10 trials for each task, separated by 2-minute rest periods. Before and after training on days 1, 2, 5 and 12, subjects will have transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to determine brain changes associated with learning a motor task. For this procedure, the patient is seated in a comfortable chair, and an insulated wire coil is placed on the scalp or skin. A brief electrical current is passed through the coil, creating a magnetic pulse that stimulates the brain. These pulses generate very small electrical currents in the brain cortex, briefly disrupting the function of the brain cells in the stimulated area. The stimulation may cause muscle twitching or tingling in the scalp, face, or limb. During the stimulation, the subject may be asked to slightly tense certain muscles or perform other simple actions. Electrical nerve stimulation and electromyography will be done to record muscle responses to stimulation. A nerve is stimulated by placing wires on the skin over the nerve and passing a brief electrical current between the wires. Electromyography involves taping metal electrodes to the skin over the muscle. Before and after each session, subjects' muscle strength will be tested with a pinch gauge. They will also be asked to make a mark on a line drawn on paper, to rate their test performance and levels of attentiveness and fatigue.

Completed13 enrollment criteria

Health Professionals Follow-up Study

Cardiovascular DiseasesCerebrovascular Accident4 more

To test the hypothesis that increased risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, and cancer is related to diets high in saturated fat, animal protein, and hydrogenated vegetable oil, and low in polyunsaturated fat, fiber, vitamins A, C, and E, calcium, selenium, and chromium.

Completed1 enrollment criteria

Prospective Study of Diet and Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular DiseasesHeart Diseases2 more

To examine associations between various dietary elements and the risk of coronary heart disease and stroke.

Completed1 enrollment criteria

Postmenopausal Progestins, MI and Stroke

Cardiovascular DiseasesHeart Diseases4 more

To evaluate the cardiovascular effects of postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy and the suspected beneficial effects on myocardial infarction and stroke.

Completed1 enrollment criteria

Community Structure and Cardiovascular Mortality Trends

Cardiovascular DiseasesHeart Diseases3 more

To assess the relationship of community socioeconomic (SE) structure to cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality trends in the United States.

Completed1 enrollment criteria

Inflammation, Infection, and Future Cardiovascular Risk

Cardiovascular DiseasesCoronary Disease10 more

To examine markers of underlying chronic inflammation and infection as potential risk factors for future myocardial infarction (MI), stroke (CVA), and venous thromboembolism (VTE) in plasma samples collected at baseline from healthy participants in the Physicians' Health Study (PHS).

Completed1 enrollment criteria
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