NCT07760090Completed
Motor Imagery Added to Robot-Assisted Hand Rehabilitation After Stroke
The Effect of Motor Imagery Training Added to Robot-Assisted Hand Rehabilitation on Activities of Daily Living in Patients With Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 1 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Loss of upper extremity and particularly hand function after stroke reduces independence in daily activities such as eating, dressing, and personal care. Robot-assisted hand rehabilitation provides repetitive, intensive, and task-oriented practice that supports motor learning, dexterity, and functional hand use. Motor imagery, the mental rehearsal of a movement without physically performing it, is thought to activate motor-related brain networks and to support motor learning and neuroplasticity. Evidence on the added value of combining motor imagery with robot-assisted hand rehabilitation for activities of daily living is limited. This randomized controlled trial will investigate whether motor imagery training added to robot-assisted hand rehabilitation produces greater improvement in activities of daily living than robot-assisted hand rehabilitation alone in individuals with stroke. Forty participants will be randomly allocated to an experimental group (robot-assisted hand rehabilitation plus motor imagery, n=20) or a control group (robot-assisted hand rehabilitation alone, n=20). Both groups will receive the same dose of robot-assisted hand rehabilitation with a soft robotic hand rehabilitation glove, three days per week for six weeks. Outcomes will be assessed at baseline and after the six-week program.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 40 (actual)
- First submitted
- 7 Aug 2026
- Start date
- 30 Jun 2026
- Primary completion date
- 15 Aug 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Uskudar University
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT07760090
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 40
- From 30 Jun 2026 to the primary completion date, 15 Aug 2026
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Other illness
- Severe cognitive, visual, or hearing impairment
- Additional neurological or orthopaedic disease affecting the upper extremity
- Skin problems, open wounds, or infection preventing the use of the robotic hand rehabilitation glove
Other
- Modified Ashworth Scale grade above 2 in the wrist and finger flexors
- Marked contracture, advanced joint restriction, or pain preventing the intervention
- Inability to attend the intervention program regularly
Who the study is looking for
- Aged 18 years or older
- Diagnosis of stroke
- Impairment of upper extremity function, particularly hand function
- Modified Ashworth Scale grade of 2 or below in the wrist and finger flexors
- Hand and finger range of motion sufficient for safe application of the robotic hand rehabilitation glove
- Attention and cooperation sufficient to participate in motor imagery training
Age in the registry: 18 years to 60 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NRL Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Istanbul | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
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