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CompletedNCT03575481Updated Jul 2, 2018

Muscle Activity of the Upper Limb Between Task-Specific and Robot Assisted Training Among Individuals Post Stroke

An observational study in Stroke, sponsored by Hadassah Medical Organization. Completed at 1 site in Israel. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 85 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-07-02.

Sponsored by Hadassah Medical Organization · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
20
Ages
18 Years to 85 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The investigators compared the activity and fatigue of upper extremity muscles, pain levels, subject satisfaction levels, perceived exertion, and number of repetitions in Task-Specific Training (TST) compared with Robot-Assisted Training (RAT) in individuals post-stroke.

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Twenty sub-acute post stroke subjects received one TST and one RAT. They marked the pain level in their paretic extremity before and after each session. Muscle activity levels and fatigue and number of repetitions were monitored during each session. The subjective assessment questionnaire of treatment and the Borg scale were administered post-session.

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Conditions studied

  • Stroke

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In context

Stroke

7,286 studies on the registry are indexed under Stroke; 2,007 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 20 is below the median of 160 across 1,692 observational studies indexed under Stroke.

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Lead sponsor

Hadassah Medical Organization is the lead sponsor of 659 studies on the registry; 54 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 85 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

stroke survivors

Inclusion criteria

  • 18 to 85 year old individuals up to three months following stroke
  • National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score 3-15
  • Intact cognitive function
  • mild to moderate weakness of the affected hand
  • normal or corrected eyesight

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • neurological, cardio-vascular or orthopedic impairment, unrelated to the stroke, which restricts upper limb function
  • a pace-maker
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
20 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Post stroke patients

    Diagnostic Test: The RAT and The TST

Interventions

  • Diagnostic testThe RAT and The TST

    The RAT (ReoGo; Motorika Medical, Caesarea, Israel) The TST protocol included the conventional, repetitive, task-oriented training of the affected arm.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Muscle activity

    The activity levels of electromyographic signal (in millivolts) will be averaged for the duration of the recording.

    Time frame: 30 minutes

  2. Muscle fatigue

    Fatigue expressed by calculation of the the difference between the median frequency in the first 5 minutes and last five minutes of a 30 minute session

    Time frame: 30 minutes

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Study locations

1 site
  • Hadassah Medical Center
    Jerusalem, 91240, Israel
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 2, 2018, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03575481
Lead sponsor
Hadassah Medical Organization
Collaborators
Tel Aviv University
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 2, 2018
Start date
Sep 30, 2015
Primary completion
Mar 1, 2017
Completion
Mar 29, 2017
Last update
Jul 2, 2018

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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