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 @ 7:58 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 7:58 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00343304
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Patients with a recent acute stroke in the last 4 weeks
2. Patients with an upper extremity plegia (Medical Research Council \[MRC\] grade 2 or less at the shoulder joint),
3. Patients or their next of kin (in the absence of their being able to) provide with a written informed consent.
4. Aphasic alert patients provided they could follow simple directions given by verbal or gestural cues.
Exclusion criteria:
1. Patients with anterior or severe inferior shoulder subluxation (3 cms) of the plegic arm
2. Patients without shoulder pain on passive range of 75 degrees forward flexion and 75 degrees abduction of the plegic arm
3. Patients with trophic skin changes and significant edema (shoulder-hand syndrome)
4. Patients with prior rotator cuff surgery, patients with bursitis and/or biceps tendonitis
5. Patients who have suffered recent cardiac events (myocardial infarction, congestive cardiac failure, recent coronary artery bypass surgery)
6. Patients who refuse to sign a written informed consent.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
19 Years
Maximum Age:
90 Years
Study:
NCT00343304
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00343304