Investigation of the association between EEG and upper extremity assessment in patients with stroke: a prospective cohort study.

UMIN ID: UMIN000054245

Registered date:24/04/2024

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: stroke.
• Date of first enrollment: 2024/04/24
• Target sample size: 50
• Countries of recruitment: Japan
• Study type: Observational

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: EEG.
• Secondary Outcome: Fugl-Meyer Assessment-Upper Extremity, EMG data of upper limb muscles.

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: 18years-old
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Male and Female
• Exclude criteria: 1. Patients with recurrent stroke. 2. Patients who have difficulty communicating due to aphasia or impaired consciousness. 3. Patients with severe higher brain dysfunction that makes it difficult to perform the evaluation. 4. Patients with severe visual or hearing impairment. 5. Patients with severe psychiatric disorders such as depression and schizophrenia. 6. Contraindications to exercise therapy are as follows; (1) Serious cardiac diseases such as unstable angina, myocardial infarction of short duration, non-compensated congestive heart failure, acute pulmonary heart, poorly controlled arrhythmia, severe aortic valve stenosis, active myocarditis, and endocarditis. (2) Uncontrolled hypertension. (3) Acute systemic illness or fever. (4) Recent pulmonary embolism, acute pulmonary heart, or severe pulmonary hypertension. (5) Complications of serious hepatic or renal dysfunction. (6) Complications of serious orthopedic disease that interfere with movement. (7) Severe cognitive impairment or complications of severe psychiatric disease. (8) Other metabolic abnormalities such as acute thyroiditis.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Keio University
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Japan Science and Technology Agency.