A randomized controlled trial for prevention of shoulder subluxation with magnetic stimulation

JRCT ID: jRCTs042180043

Registered date:05/02/2019

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Complete
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Stroke
• Date of first enrollment: 20/09/2018
• Target sample size: 50
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): Six weeks magnetic stimulation in addition to usual training: 20 minutes stimulation per day, 5 days per week plus physical therapy and occupational therapy

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: Changes in humeral head position by X-ray examination after 6-week intervention
• Secondary Outcome: Changes in motor function, joint range of motion, muscle strength, and pain

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: >= 20age old
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Both
• Include criteria: Patients with hemiplegia after stroke with stable general condition, and aged 20 or older who gave informed consent
• Exclude criteria: Patients with unstable general condition, history of epilepsy, cardiac pacemaker, difficulty in sitting position over 40 minutes, had magnetic materials near the stimulation site, inpatients who are expected to discharge within 6 weeks and pregnant women. Patients whose distance between acromion and humeral head are more than 1/2 finger-breadth are also excluded.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Saitoh Eiichi