Status:

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Activity-based Mirror Therapy for Lower Limb Motor Recovery, Balance, Gait, and Mobility in Acute Inpatient Stroke: A Feasibility Study

Lead Sponsor:

Glasgow Caledonian University

Conditions:

Stroke

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This feasibility study is the first step of a larger effects study exploring the use of an activity-based mirror therapy program for people who have had a stroke in the last 30 days and are in the hos...

Detailed Description

This study will recruit participants that are inpatients at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow. Participants will be screened according to eligibility criteria. For example, participan...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adults aged 18 years or older
  • Diagnosis of hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke by head computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Medically stable to participate in physical rehabilitation as determined by the medical staff at QEUHSRU providing approval to begin physiotherapy
  • Between 72 hours and 30 days post stroke at the time of baseline assessment
  • Hemiparesis or hemiplegia of lower limb
  • Ability to maintain sitting balance in a chair with arm rests, a back, and optional side support while moving the lower limb
  • Ability to ambulate with or without a walking aide prior to stroke
  • No cognitive impairment that affects the ability to interact with the intervention or provide informed consent, as determined by the potential participant's medical team. To further ensure participants remain cognitively capable throughout the study, participants will be asked to briefly explain the study before providing consent and before each mirror therapy session
  • No severe aphasia that would impair the participants ability to understand the instructions of the intervention or prevent them from providing continuous verbal feedback throughout the intervention. This will be determined by the potential participant's care team. To further ensure potential participants are not aphasic they will be asked to briefly being able to explain the study back to the research team prior to providing written consent and before each mirror therapy session
  • No severe uncorrected visual impairments that would prevent viewing the image in the mirror
  • No severe cardiopulmonary or musculoskeletal impairments that inhibit seated exercises of the non-paretic limb

Exclusion

  • Individuals with any type of lower limb amputation of either side of the body
  • Individuals who have been identified as having incapacity by their medical team, as aligned with the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000
  • Non-English Speakers
  • Individuals who's care teams identified them as being distressed during their routine assessments/sessions

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 4 2025

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 31 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

40 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06884709

Start Date

April 4 2025

End Date

December 31 2026

Last Update

March 19 2025

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Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, G51 4TF