Status:
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Morphological Characteristics of the Upper and Lower Extremities Using Ultrasound Examination After Stroke.
Lead Sponsor:
Universidad de La Frontera
Conditions:
Stroke
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Brief Summary
Introduction A large number of stroke patients develop spasticity in the upper and lower extremities, which is one of the clinical signs of damage to motor neuron 1, causing abnormal postures and move...
Detailed Description
Background: Spasticity is considered a positive clinical sign of upper motor neuron damage, associated with prevalent neurological pathologies such as stroke, constituting a clinical characteristic wi...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients over 18 years of age with a history of stroke more than three months ago.
- Who are undergoing or have undergone some type of rehabilitation in the acute and/or subacute stage.
- Who present spastic hypertonia in the upper and lower extremities detectable by Ashworth and Tardieu assessment.
- Presence of spastic pattern according to Hefter classification.
- Who agree to participate in the study and sign the consent form.
Exclusion
- Structural joint involvement that prevents tone assessment.
- Patients who have been injected with antispastic drugs in the last 6 months.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2025
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 31 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
80 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT07156760
Start Date
March 1 2025
End Date
December 31 2025
Last Update
November 19 2025
Active Locations (2)
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1
Universidad de La Frontera
Temuco, Región de la Araucanía, Chile, 4780000
2
Universidad de La Frontera
Temuco, Chile, 478000