Active clinical trials for "Stroke"

The purpose of this study is to assess efficacy, as well as safety, of Ropinirole in improving movement among patients with chronic stroke.

The main purpose of this study is to assess the effect on Quality of Life of two cycles of Dysport treatment on post-stroke spasticity of the upper limb. The effect of treatment on spasticity and function will also be measured.

The use of HES has been found clinically to improve patients with stroke if administered within a window period by means of hemodilution to improve rehology. We propose to see the effects of long term administraion of HES in the amounts required for treating stroke patients and study the effects on the kinetics of HES, its effects on coagulation and hemorheology.

The primary objective of this feasibility study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of targeted sub-threshold epidural cortical stimulation delivered concurrent with speech-language rehabilitation activities to enhance recovery in study subjects suffering from Broca's aphasia (the inability to speak or to organize the muscular movements for speech), following a stroke.

The primary purpose is to study the safety and effectiveness of the Concentric Retriever Device(CRD)in ischemic stroke patients who undergo clot retrieval with the CRD within 8 hours of stroke symptom onset. The CRD has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to retrieve foreign bodies (such as pieces of metal) from blood vessels in the body. The CRD is a small metal wire with a loop at the end (like a corkscrew) that removes clots from arteries and thereby restores blood flow to the brain. Prior versions of the CRD may have been too soft to pull out clots, just as a corkscrew that is too soft would not pull out corks. The current version of the CRD is not as soft and may be more effective in retrieving clots. Hypothesis: By restoring blood flow to the brain, stroke symptoms may get better or the stroke may be prevented from getting worse.

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of the Swiss ball on patients with hemiplegia due to CVA.

The purpose of this study is to assess prospectively the efficacy of hydroxyurea therapy in the setting of cerebrovascular disease, manifest as conditional or abnormal transcranial doppler ultrasonography (TCD) flow velocities, in children with sickle cell anemia (SCA). TCD is used to measure flow velocity in intracranial arteries as a marker of increased stroke risk in children with SCA. The primary objective of this protocol is to determine whether hydroxyurea reduces elevated TCD velocity.

This randomized trial investigates the hypothesis that regular aerobic exercise training using a task specific gait training modality will improve cardiovascular fitness, functional mobility, and reduce risk factors for recurrent cardiovascular events in chronic hemiparetic stroke patients, when compared to matched controls performing just stretching.

The purpose of this trial is to determine if a family intervention administered by telephone to stroke patients and their caregivers increases adaptation and functioning after stroke.

This project seeks to overcome the reduced walking capability, poor health status, decreased functional capacity, and sedentary lifestyle of stroke patients. The specific objectives are to compare the effects of regular inpatient stroke rehabilitation to regular rehabilitation combined with STAT after an acute stroke on: a) gait performance; b) functional outcomes; c) oxygen consumption during a seated task; and finally: d) using Brain Motor Control Assessment to obtain neurophysiological characteristics, as possible predictors of rehabilitation outcomes.