Status:

COMPLETED

Motor Imagery BCI Rehabilitation After Stroke

Lead Sponsor:

Mälardalen University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Danderyd Hospital

Conditions:

Stroke

Hemiparesis

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This research project will investigate motor imagery training in stroke rehabilitation during which patients receive feedback in real time from their brain activity measured with ElectroEncephaloGraph...

Detailed Description

This study will be carried out as an explorative study in order to investigate the benefits of mental imagery training of hand movements guided through Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) feedback after st...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • \> 6 months since first time stroke onset and with remaining hemiparesis in upper extremity; able to participate fully in the intervention, able to perform Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI); able to passively extend the wrist 15 degrees and extend fingers fully with a neutral position of the wrist.
  • In addition, participants need to be able to voluntarily control the power of their grip when requested according to the Visuomotor force tracking method and/or according to the clinical assessment of a therapist (while holding the patient´s hand). According to the Fugl- Meyer Upper Extremity (UE) scale participants should accomplish \<14 points on the hand subscale and \<2 points in finger flexion and extension (C) in addition to \< 47 points on the total motor score (equivalent to moderate disability in the upper extremity.

Exclusion

  • other neurological or musculoskeletal disease/injury, or contagious disease.
  • If the research person is regularly treated with botulinum toxin in the upper extremity, 3 weeks should have passed before the first baseline assessment.
  • current or history of epilepsy,
  • severe hearing or visual impairments,
  • metal implants in the brain/skull cochlear implants,
  • any implanted neurostimulator, cardiac pacemaker or cardiac implants of metal, infusion device,
  • any other neurological disorder,
  • pregnancy,
  • current or history of severe psychiatric disorder with need for pharmacological treatment

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 14 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 1 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

16 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04847089

Start Date

April 14 2022

End Date

July 1 2025

Last Update

December 22 2025

Active Locations (3)

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1

Stockholn University Brain Imaging Centre

Stockholm, Sweden, 11418

2

Department of rehabilitation medicine at Danderyd University

Stockholm, Sweden, 18288

3

Sweden Mälardalen University

Västerås, Sweden, 72123