Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 2:52 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 2:52 PM
NCT ID:
NCT01372059
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Aged 50 - 75 years
* Disability grade 2 or 3 on MRS\*)
* Being in the late-phase of stroke (1 - 5 years after an ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke)
* Ability to understand written and oral information and instructions in Swedish
* Having an own housing
* Ability to travel to the place of intervention and evaluation
* No need for personal assistance in activities of daily living while participating in the treatment (going to the toilet, transport/transportation services for disabled, walking)
Exclusion Criteria:
* Disability rated ˂ 2 or ˃ 3 on MRS\*)
* Pronounced fear of horses or allergy constituting a risk for the patients to participate in the therapeutic riding
* Heart conditions that constitutes a risk for the individual to participate in the interventions
* Non-controlled epileptic seizures constituting a risk for the patients to participate in the intervention
* Lack of cognitive and/or verbal ability that makes it difficult for the individual to understand instructions and/or evaluation
* Total paralysis of the affected arm
* Injury or disease that makes the individual not suitable for the trial
* Weight ˃ 95 kg (in order to spare the horses)
* Having more than a half-time employment
* Injury, disease or addiction that make the individual not suitable for the trial
* Participation in RGRM or therapeutic riding during the year prior to inclusion
* Having an additional stroke within the past year (TIA is however accepted)
* Lack of willingness to participate in both treatment methods
* Living ˃ 80 km from Gothenburg
* Dependent on transportation services for disabled across the community border which is not allowed according to the regulation
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
50 Years
Maximum Age:
75 Years
Study:
NCT01372059
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01372059