NCT06884709Completed
Activity-based Mirror Therapy for Lower Limb Motor Recovery, Balance, Gait, and Mobility in Acute Inpatient Stroke: A Feasibility Study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This feasibility study is the first step of a larger effects study exploring the use of an activity-based mirror therapy program for people who have had a stroke in the last 30 days and are in the hospital. The study aims to examine features of the study design as well as the preliminary effects of the mirror therapy program on motor recovery, balance, gait, and mobility. In this study participants will complete 15 minutes of lower limb mirror therapy three days per week for two weeks, alongside their usual physiotherapy. The motor recovery, balance, gait, and mobility of participants will then be reassessed. Participants will also be invited to complete a short questionnaire and interview about their experience in the study. Stroke physiotherapists that are involved in the study will also complete a questionnaire and interview to provide feedback on the study and it's design.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 5 (actual)
- First submitted
- 24 Feb 2025
- Start date
- 15 Apr 2025
- Primary completion date
- 20 Sept 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Glasgow Caledonian University
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT06884709
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 5
- From 15 Apr 2025 to the primary completion date, 20 Sept 2026
- 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
- Individuals with any type of lower limb amputation of either side of the body
- Individuals who have been identified as having incapacity by their medical team, as aligned with the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000
- Non-English Speakers
- Individuals who's care teams identified them as being distressed during their routine assessments/sessions
Who the study is looking for
- Adults aged 18 years or older
- Diagnosis of hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke by head computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Medically stable to participate in physical rehabilitation as determined by the medical staff at QEUHSRU providing approval to begin physiotherapy
- Between 72 hours and 30 days post stroke at the time of baseline assessment
- Hemiparesis or hemiplegia of lower limb
- Ability to maintain sitting balance in a chair with arm rests, a back, and optional side support while moving the lower limb
- Ability to ambulate with or without a walking aide prior to stroke
- No cognitive impairment that affects the ability to interact with the intervention or provide informed consent, as determined by the potential participant's medical team. To further ensure participants remain cognitively capable throughout the study, participants will be asked to briefly explain the study before providing consent and before each mirror therapy session
- No severe aphasia that would impair the participants ability to understand the instructions of the intervention or prevent them from providing continuous verbal feedback throughout the intervention. This will be determined by the potential participant's care team. To further ensure potential participants are not aphasic they will be asked to briefly being able to explain the study back to the research team prior to providing written consent and before each mirror therapy session
- No severe uncorrected visual impairments that would prevent viewing the image in the mirror
- No severe cardiopulmonary or musculoskeletal impairments that inhibit seated exercises of the non-paretic limb
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Glasgow | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
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