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Register: German Clinical Trials Register
Last refreshed on: 8 April 2024
Main ID:  DRKS00007722
Date of registration: 03/03/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Moritz Klinik Bad Klosterlausnitz
Public title: The effect of repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation in stroke-rehabilitation: A randomized controlled trial
Scientific title: The effect of repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation in stroke-rehabilitation: A randomized controlled trial
Date of first enrolment: 23/09/2014
Target sample size: 80
Recruitment status: Recruiting stopped after recruiting started
URL:  http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00007722
Study type:  interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized controlled study; Masking: Blinded (masking used); Control: active; Assignment: parallel; Study design purpose: treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Germany
Contacts
Name: Kristin    Pohl
Address:  Hermann-Sachse-Straße 46 07639 Bad Klosterlausnitz Germany
Telephone: 036601/49418
Email: kristin.pohl@moritz-klinik.de
Affiliation:  Moritz Klinik Bad Klosterlausnitz
Name: Kristin    Pohl
Address:  Hermann-Sachse-Straße 46 07639 Bad Klosterlausnitz Germany
Telephone: 036601/49418
Email: kristin.pohl@moritz-klink.de
Affiliation:  Moritz Klinik
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: subacute stroke (incident not longer than six months back);
spastic hemiparesis (at least modified ashworth scale 1);
a slight function in the fingers or hand (at least 1 point in the Fugl-Meyer-test in subscore C)

Exclusion criteria: Epilepsy, implantated metal in the stimulation area,
implantated medical devices, dysfunctional speech comprehension, pregnancy,


Age minimum: None
Age maximum: None
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
G81.1
Cerebrovascular diseases
Spastic hemiplegia

I60-I69
G81.1
I60-I69
Intervention(s)
Group 1: repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation (rPMS) (interventiongroup):
daily stimulation (mo-fr) for three weeks;
Muscles of the upper arm and forearm are stimulated with a butterfly coil;
The patient takes a sitting position with raised feet in the wheelchair or on a chair with backrest;
The arm is placed to be stimulated or maintained by the therapist;
magnetic stimulator: Magstim Rapid²;
Instruction: Patients are asked to relax and observe their arm

Group 2: peripheral electrical stimulation (controlgroup):
daily stimulation (mo-fr) for three weeks
Muscles of the upper arm and forearm are stimulated with electrodes;
The patient takes a sitting position with raised feet in the wheelchair or on a chair with backrest;
The arm is placed to be stimulated or maintained by the therapist;

Electrical device: wellcare digi stim

Instruction: Patients are asked to relax and observe their arm
Primary Outcome(s)
group difference in Fugl-Meyer-Score three weeks post stimulation
Secondary Outcome(s)

group difference in Katz Index of Independence of daily living scale (ADL) score after six months
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Moritz Klinik
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date: 21/08/2014
Contact:
ethikkommission@med.uni-jena.de
Ethik-Kommission der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena an der Medizinischen Fakultät
+49-3641-9391191
ethikkommission@med.uni-jena.de
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
URL: http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00007722#studyResults
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