Testing Arm Motor Learning With Robots After Acute Stroke
Tests whether adults with recent stroke can learn and keep a new arm movement skill.
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Registry title: Exploring Motor Learning in Acute Stroke Through Robotics
Key facts
- Where
- Yvoir, BelgiumSee the 2 sites
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 90 years old?
Source: NCT04171856, who can take part
Where in Belgium
- Chu Ucl NamurYvoir, BelgiumTaking people
- University Hospital CHU Dinant Godinne UCLYvoir, BelgiumNot yet recruiting
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- University Hospital of Mont-Godinne
- Trial code
- NCT04171856
- Record updated
- 12 August 2026
- Original description
The acute phase of stroke is characterized by an enhancement of neural plasticity which supports rapid motor recovery. It is unclear whether acute stroke patients can acquire new motor skills with their affected upper limb. The aims of this research program are:Read full original descriptionShow less
Exploring Motor Learning in Acute Stroke Through Robotics
The acute phase of stroke is characterized by an enhancement of neural plasticity which supports rapid motor recovery. It is unclear whether acute stroke patients can acquire new motor skills with their affected upper limb. The aims of this research program are:
1. To test the capacity of acute stroke patients (< 21 days) to learn and retain a complex unimanual motor skill. 2. To explore whether acute stroke to different brain regions (quantified with brain MRI) induces specific deficits in motor skill learning. 3. To compare acute stroke patients with healthy individuals and with chronic stroke patients.
Inclusion: acute stroke (> 21 days); aged 18-90 years; with a stroke lesion on brain imaging; Transient global amnesia; 8-90 years old; Be able to perform 3 consecutive sessions on a rehabilitation robot; 18-90 years; chronic stroke (>6 months); aged 18-90 years; with a stroke lesion on brain imaging.
Exclusion: drug/alcohol abuse; Alcohol / drug addiction; medical history with a previous stroke/neurological deficit; drug/alcohol abuse; drug/alcohol abuse; multiple strokes / dementia / psychiatric condition; PATIENTS WITH TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA:; Clinical diagnosis, criteria of Hodge \& Warlow (1990):; Psychiatric disorders; psychiatric condition/ dementia; CHRONIC STROKE PATIENTS:; multiple strokes / dementia / psychiatric condition; " classical " contre-indication to MRI (non-MR-compatible pacemaker, pregnancy, non-MR-compatible implanted devices, claustrophoby, etc ...); difficulty in understanding or executing commands; severe aphasia / cognitive deficits interfering with study; inability to voluntarily move the affected arm (i.e. complete paralysis of the arm); Anterograde amnesia observed by a witness; No alteration of consciousness or loss of identity; Cognitive dysfunction limited to amnesia; Lack of focused neurological deficit or argument for a comitiality; Absence of head trauma; Symptom resolution within 24 hours; Possible existence of vegetative symptoms; Severe aphasia / cognitive deficits interfering with study; Exclusion criteria related to MRI; HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS:; difficulty in understanding or executing commands; severe aphasia / cognitive deficits interfering with study; inability to voluntarily move the affected arm (i.e. complete paralysis of the arm).
ACUTE STROKE PATIENTS:.