NCT07507552Not yet recruiting
Immediate Effects of PETTLEP-Based AOMI on Upper Limb Kinematics in Stroke Survivors
Immediate Effects of PETTLEP-Based AOMI on Upper Limb Kinematics in Stroke Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 9 Apr 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study is to investigate the immediate effects of a mental practice technique, called Physical, Environment, Task, Timing, Learning, Emotion, Perspective (PETTLEP)-based Action Observation and Motor Imagery (AOMI), on arm movement in stroke survivors. Stroke often causes difficulty in moving the arm smoothly, leading patients to compensate by using their back or shoulder. In this study, participants will either receive a single session of the AOMI training (watching and mentally practicing a reach-to-grasp movement) or a control relaxation task. The researchers will use a smartphone-based motion capture system (OpenCap) to measure if the mental practice immediately improves the smoothness of the arm movement and reduces compensatory body movements.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 28 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 27 Mar 2026
- Start date
- 1 Apr 2026
- Primary completion date
- 20 Mar 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Istinye University
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT07507552
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 28
- From 1 Apr 2026 to the primary completion date, 20 Mar 2027
- No sites listed in no country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Other illness
- Other central nervous system disorders (e.g., Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury).
- Musculoskeletal or orthopedic conditions causing restriction of movement in the upper-limb (such as fixed contractures, severe joint deformities, shoulder subluxation).
- Uncontrolled seizures, severe cardiovascular instability, or any other contraindication to imagery.
Other
- Severe sensory deprivation, visual neglect, or inattention that interferes with completion of the task or the ability to engage in motor imagery.
Who the study is looking for
- Female and male adults aged 40 to 80 years with a diagnosis of unilateral ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke.
- Residual voluntary movement activity of the affected upper limb.
- Mild to moderate spasticity (Modified Ashworth Scale ≤ 3).
- Adequate cognitive function to understand and follow verbal instructions (Mini-Mental State Examination ≥ 21).
- Medically stable patients, with no active or uncontrolled systemic illness.
- Ability to sit unsupported for at least 30 minutes and be able to perform brief cognitive-motor exercises.
Age in the registry: 40 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
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