Pressure-based sensory stimulation to test leg muscle strength after stroke
Tests a device applying deep pressure to the legs in stroke survivors.
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Registry title: Effects of Peripheral Somatosensory Stimulation Through Mechanical Pressure on Lower Limb Muscle Strength in Stroke Survivors
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- Where
- Barcelona, SpainSee the site
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Where in Spain
- Pedro Victor López PlazaBarcelona, SpainNo longer taking part
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Trial details
- Who runs it
- Pedro Victor López Plaza
- Trial code
- NCT06958185
- Record updated
- 6 May 2025
- Original description
Somatosensory information is essential for the motor system because when the central nervous system stops receiving afferent signals, it cannot use information about the state of the affected body part to plan or adjust movement. This phenomenon is known as sensory deafferentation, and it significantly affects motor function. This principle offers an opportunity to observe changes in strength through a peripheral proprioceptive stimulus that activates the muscular system with the aim of increasing recruitment. This would justify the implementation of proprioceptive input in approaches focused on motor learning in movement disorders resulting from cortical lesions such as stroke.Read full original descriptionShow less
Effects of Peripheral Somatosensory Stimulation Through Mechanical Pressure on Lower Limb Muscle Strength in Stroke Survivors
Somatosensory information is essential for the motor system because when the central nervous system stops receiving afferent signals, it cannot use information about the state of the affected body part to plan or adjust movement. This phenomenon is known as sensory deafferentation, and it significantly affects motor function. This principle offers an opportunity to observe changes in strength through a peripheral proprioceptive stimulus that activates the muscular system with the aim of increasing recruitment. This would justify the implementation of proprioceptive input in approaches focused on motor learning in movement disorders resulting from cortical lesions such as stroke.
Inclusion: Subjects with a diagnosis of unilateral hemispheric stroke (ischemic or hemorrhagic) confirmed by MRI or CT scan; At least 3 months must have passed since stroke onset; Ability to stand independently in a static position or to walk, regardless of whether assistance is needed.
Exclusion: Diagnosis of cognitive, visual, or cardiorespiratory disorder (including the presence of a cardiac pacemaker, heart failure, arrhythmia, or severe COPD); Balance disorders of vestibular origin; Skin diseases; Orthopedic intervention in the lower limb; Botulinum toxin treatment within the past year.