Active clinical trials for "Stroke"

Stroke survivors have higher risks of falling compared to other healthy non-stroke adults. Stroke patients' balance can be trained by Kinect-based training that enable user friendly and interactive training.

The study will be a multicentre, prospective, randomized, open label, blinded endpoint (PROBE) phase 3 trial (2 arm with 1:1 randomization) in ischemic stroke patients within 4.5 hours of stroke onset. Randomised patients will be stratified for site of baseline arterial occlusion into one of three groups: 1. internal carotid artery (ICA) 2. middle cerebral artery (MCA) 3. basilar artery (BA). Patients will be randomised to either bridging intravenous thrombolysis with endovascular clot retrieval (ECR), or direct endovascular clot retrieval.

This study aims at investigating whether bilateral movement-based training with computer games could augment motor function of paretic upper limb and improve quality of life in sub-acute stroke patients.

The investigators developed a real-time 2-axis mirror robot system as a simple add-on module for conventional mirror therapy using a closed feedback mechanism, which allows for real-time movement of the hemiplegic arm. The investigators conduct a case study for stroke patients with a two-dimensional mirror robot for 30 min per day for two weeks (10 sessions). For the conventional mirror therapy group, the investigators prepared the tasks for fine motor training.

The purpose of this study is to explore whether adherence to upper extremity home programs changes when persons post stroke practice with preferred music.

The purpose of this study is to develop a clinical algorithmic-based evaluation and treatment approach for C-Brace for use by persons with hemiparesis or hemiplegia due to stroke.

This study aims to evaluate the impact of the Neurolutions Upper Extremity Rehabilitation System, known as IpsiHand, on improving functional motor control for post-stroke patients with hemiparesis. The Neurolutions System is a brain-computer interface (BCI) comprised of a robotic orthosis, worn on the hand and wrist, and operated by the patient's brain waves which are measured by EEG electrodes. The system also utilizes a tablet interface to provide therapy instructions to the patient.

Our prior studies demonstrated that dehydration was a predictor for poor outcome in stroke and Blood urea nitrogen/Cr ratio-based saline hydration therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke may increase the rate of favorable clinical outcome with functional independence at 3 months after stroke. However, dehydration is likely to be only a part of representation in poor nutrition status and physical fragility for a stroke patient. Our prior study found that acute stroke patients admitted to neurological intensive care unit with low urinary creatinine excretion rate (CER), a marker of muscle mass, was associated with poor outcome at 6 months after stroke. An animal study suggested inadequate food and water intake determine mortality following stroke in mice and nutritional support reduced the 14-day mortality rate from 59% to 15%. A study also showed that high protein intake was associated with a better outcome in previous cardiovascular events. We will calculate CER based on published equation. Based on our prior study, acute stroke patients with their CER<1500 mg/day will be enrolled. A randomized controlled trial will be conducted and patients will be randomly assigned to high protein diet or normal protein diet for at least 2 weeks. We plan to enroll 300 patients, with 150 patients in ach group, during 3-year study period. We will consult dietitians for arrangement of their diet. We assume that patients receiving high protein diet will have higher opportunity to walk independently (modified Rankin Scale 0-1) at 3 month after stroke.

The current work aims to examine whether the proposed rehabilitation training or exercise will eventually yield improvements in both motor and somatosensory aspects at one goal. Here, the word 'somatosensory' refers to bodily sensations associated with proprioception or kinesthesia, not the sensation of touch, pain, and temperature. The study focuses on upper limb retraining for community-dwelling stroke survivors using a robotic device. At the end of training, both movement accuracy and somatosensory acuity in chronic stroke survivors are presumed to improve, and such paradigm is expected to provide reliable benefits as compared to conventional intervention alone.

Stroke is one of the major cause of lifelong disability if not treated on time, the investigator's technique knows as Compelled Body Weight Shift Technique (CBWS) was utilized and administered to chronic stroke population and results were figured out using gait parameters and Tinetti POMA scale.