Whether arm training after stroke carries over to the weaker arm, using robotic games
Tests if skills learned with one arm transfer to the other after stroke.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Inter-Limb Transfer in Acute Stroke
Key facts
- Where
- Brussels and Yvoir, BelgiumSee the 2 sites
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 40 and 90 years old?
Source: NCT07822633, who can take part
Where in Belgium
- Cliniques universitaires Saint-LucBrussels, BelgiumTaking people
- Chu Ucl NamurYvoir, BelgiumTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- University Hospital of Mont-Godinne
- Trial code
- NCT07822633
- Record updated
- 16 September 2026
- Original description
This study aims to investigate whether the improvements achieved through motor skill learning (MSkL) with the ipsilesional upper limb (UL) are transferred to the contralesional UL during the (sub)acute stroke phase, and to identify the neural substrates underlying this inter-limb transfer. To achieve this, healthy individuals, acute and chronic stroke patients will perform proximal and distal MSkL tasks using serious games implemented on robotic devices. This will be complemented by behavioural assessments and multimodal MRI.Read full original descriptionShow less
Identifying Brain Regions Critical for Human Motor Learning Through Anatomic-functional Correlations of Deficits in Acute Stroke: Integrated Robotic and Voxel-based Lesion Symptom Mapping Approach
This study aims to investigate whether the improvements achieved through motor skill learning (MSkL) with the ipsilesional upper limb (UL) are transferred to the contralesional UL during the (sub)acute stroke phase, and to identify the neural substrates underlying this inter-limb transfer. To achieve this, healthy individuals, acute and chronic stroke patients will perform proximal and distal MSkL tasks using serious games implemented on robotic devices. This will be complemented by behavioural assessments and multimodal MRI.
Inclusion: First acute ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke; Between the 2nd and 21st day post-stroke; Age: 40-90 years; Ability to complete the 3 consecutive sessions; 40-90 years; availability to complete three consecutive sessions; single stroke confirmed by brain imaging; time since stroke onset >6 months; age between 40-90 years; availability to complete three consecutive sessions.
Exclusion: Addiction (e.g., alcohol or drugs); medical history with a previous stroke/relevant neurological deficit or disease; drug/alcohol abuse; Addiction (e.g., alcohol or drugs); Stroke with multiple brain lesions; Major cognitive impairment (e.g., depression, aphasia, dementia); Uncontrolled health conditions; psychiatric condition/dementia; having already used the robotic devices; CHRONIC STROKE PATIENTS:; Stroke with multiple brain lesions; Major cognitive impairment (e.g., depression, aphasia, dementia); Uncontrolled health conditions; Pregnancy; Inability to perform or understand the required tasks; " classical " contre-indication to MRI (non-MR-compatible pacemaker, pregnancy, non-MR-compatible implanted devices, claustrophobia, etc ...); HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS:; "classical" contre-indication to MRI (non-MR-compatible pacemaker, pregnancy, non-MR-compatible implanted devices, claustrophobia, etc ...); Pregnancy; Inability to perform or understand the required tasks; having already used the robotic devices.
ACUTE STROKE PATIENTS:.