NCT04542772Completed
Mirror Therapy Education for Acute Stroke Patients
Effectiveness of Patient Education on Mirror Therapy to Improve Upper Extremity Function in Acute Stroke Patients
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 5 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
In Canada, the number of stroke survivors is equivalent to the size of one of the four Atlantic Provinces. The incident rate of stroke has been increasing steadily since 1995. The majority of the stroke survivors lose upper extremity function, resulting in diminished activities of daily living (ADL). Many therapeutic interventions are recommended to improve upper extremity function or ADLs of stroke survivors, however, Mirror Therapy (MT), inexpensive intervention, can be self-administered by stroke survivors with intact cognition. Thus, the research question is whether a self-administered MT technique improves acute stroke patients' upper extremity motor function and recovery?
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 20 (actual)
- First submitted
- 26 Aug 2020
- Start date
- 4 Jul 2022
- Primary completion date
- 3 May 2024
- Lead sponsor
- Health Sciences North Research Institute
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT04542772
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 20
- From 4 Jul 2022 to the primary completion date, 3 May 2024
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Recurrent/ chronic stroke
Other
- Medical instability
- Lack of motivation
- Recent upper extremity musculoskeletal injuries with movement restrictions
- Receptive or global aphasia
- Delirium
- Unilateral neglect
- Visual field deficiency.
Who the study is looking for
- Admitted with diagnosis of stroke with onset within two weeks
- Medically stable
- Able to follow directions
- No severe cognitive impairments that could interfere with patient participation
- Consent to treatment by patient
- Alpha-Functional Independence Measure (Alpha-FIM) score of \> 40
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Sciences North Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Greater Sudbury | Canada | Unknown status |
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