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 @ 11:25 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:25 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00542256
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* First time clinical ischemic or hemorrhagic cerebrovascular accident (radiologically confirmed)
* Demonstrates adequate balance while wearing a hand restraint on the unaffected arm
* Ability to stand from a sitting position and ability to stand with or without upper extremity support
* Stroke onset at least 6 months prior to study enrollment
Exclusion Criteria:
* Significant pre-stroke disability
* Any substantial decrease in alertness, language reception, or attention that might interfere with understanding instructions for motor testing
* Excessive pain in any joint of the paretic extremity
* A terminal medical diagnosis consistent with survival of less than 1 year
* Advanced liver, kidney, cardiac, or pulmonary disease
* Coexistent major neurological or psychiatric disease (including epilepsy)
* A history of significant alcohol or drug abuse in the prior 3 years
* Use of neuropsychotropic drugs - such as antidepressants
* Patients may not be actively enrolled in a separate intervention study targeting stroke recovery
* Patients may not have already received constraint-induced movement therapy and/or tDCS treatment for stroke
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
80 Years
Study:
NCT00542256
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00542256