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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT02235350
Date of registration: 05/09/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Neuromed IRCCS
Public title: Action Observation Treatment (AOT) as a Rehabilitation Tool AOT
Scientific title: Study on the Effectiveness of Action Observation Treatment (AOT) as a Rehabilitation Tool in Acute Stroke Patients and in Chronic Stroke Patients With Apraxia: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Date of first enrolment: June 2014
Target sample size: 80
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02235350
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver), Primary Purpose: Health Services Research  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Italy
Contacts
Name:     Giovanni Buccino, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Neuromed IRCCS
Name:     Giovanni Buccino, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email: buccino@unicz.it
Affiliation: 
Name:     Giovanni Buccino, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email: buccino@unicz.it
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- first ever ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke confirmed by CT/MRI, no later than 30 days
from acute event, or chronic stroke patients (more than three months from the acute
event) with apraxia,

- aged 18-85 years,

- Upper limb plegia or paresis with muscle strength in grasping Medical Research
Council (MRC) < 4,

- ability to understand and carry out simple verbal instruction,

- Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) = 20.

Exclusion Criteria:

- previous cerebral ischemic or hemorrhagic event,

- severe psychiatric disorders,

- pre-existing rheumatic, orthopedic or muscular affection involving the upper limb,

- moderate to severe fluent aphasia,

- Neglect.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 85 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Stroke, Acute Hemiplegia, Apraxia
Intervention(s)
Other: Action Observation Treatment (AOT)
Other: Observation of videos with no motor content (MNO)
Primary Outcome(s)
FMA [Time Frame: 6 months after starting treatment (T4)]
FIM [Time Frame: 6 months after starting treatment (T4)]
FIM [Time Frame: at end-treatment, that is 15 days after starting treatment (T2)]
FMA [Time Frame: 2 months after starting treatment (T3)]
FMA [Time Frame: at end-treatment, that is 15 days after starting treatment (T2)]
Functional Independence Measure (FIM), (Hamilton, 1987) [Time Frame: at baseline (T1)]
Fugl-Meyer Assessment of Motor Recovery after Stroke (FMA), (L Jääskö 1975) [Time Frame: at baseline (T1)]
FIM [Time Frame: 2 months after starting treatment (T3)]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Functional Magnetic Resonance (fMRI) [Time Frame: at baseline (T1)]
fMRI [Time Frame: at end-treatment, that is 15 days after starting treatment (T2)]
Secondary ID(s)
neuromedbuccino01
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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