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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00776386
Date of registration: 19/10/2008
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital
Public title: Determinants and Practical Significance of Change in Motor Ability, Functional Performance, and HRQOL After Stroke
Scientific title: Determinants and Practical Significance of Change in Motor Ability, Functional Performance, and HRQOL After Distributed Constraint-Induced Therapy in Stroke
Date of first enrolment: July 2008
Target sample size: 70
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00776386
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Taiwan
Contacts
Name:     Keh-chung Lin, ScD, OTR
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Affiliation:  Occupational Therapy Services, National Taiwan University Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- A first-ever unilateral stroke onset at least 6 months previously

- Demonstration of Brunnstrom stage > III for the proximal part of UE

- Considerable nonuse of the more affected upper extremity (MAL amount of use score <
2.5);5

- No balance problems sufficient to compromise safety when wearing the constraint mitt

- Willing to provide written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

- To avoid the confounding effects of cognitive and medical conditions, potential
subjects will be excluded if the medical or physical screening exam reveals a score
of less than 24 on the Mini Mental State Exam

- 32 physician-determined major medical problems or poor physical conditions that would
interfere with participation

- Excessive pain in any joint that might limit participation.



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
"Rehabilitation"
Stroke
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
200805052R
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
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