Clinical effectiveness of shoulder taping versus routine rehabilitation in acute stroke patients: a pilot study

ISRCTN	ISRCTN44717376
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN44717376
Secondary identifying numbers	N0261154762

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Dr Patrick Gompertz
Scientific

Dept of Medicine for the Elderly
Bancroft Road
London
E1 4DG
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)20 7377 7843
Email	patrick.gompertz@thpct.nhs.uk

Study design	Randomised controlled pilot study
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	Hospital
Study type	Treatment
Participant information sheet	Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Scientific title	Clinical effectiveness of shoulder taping versus routine rehabilitation in acute stroke patients: a pilot study
Study objectives	To assess whether the methods and protocols used are feasible to conduct a main study in the future.
Ethics approval(s)	Ethics approval was received from the local medical ethics committee before trial recruitment began.
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Cardiovascular: Acute stroke
Intervention	A randomised controlled trial comparing a four-week programme of taping with routine rehabilitation.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	Baseline assessments will be made by three different independent assessors, at 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 weeks. At these times measures of motor function (as measured by the Monitor Assessment Scale), upper limb motor recovery (assessed with the Fugl Meyer arm score), and upper limb motor function (assessed with the 9-hole peg set) will be made.
Secondary outcome measures	Generic health-related quality of life questionnaire and a disease-specific measure, both administered at 6 and 12 weeks.
Overall study start date	01/06/2004
Completion date	01/11/2005

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Senior
Sex	Not Specified
Target number of participants	30
Key inclusion criteria	1. Patients admitted to the Royal London Hospital with a diagnosis of unilateral supratentorial stroke 2. With minor to moderate hemiplegia 3. Cardiovascularly stable 4. Medically well 5. Have mild to moderate central arm paresis
Key exclusion criteria	1. Patients with hemianopia 2. Major somatosensory disturbance 3. Reduction of sensation to light touch and position sense deficit 4. Severe premorbid shoulder pathology and shoulder surgery 5. Any cognitive dysfunction of such severity that is incompatible with treatment participation (Mini Mental State [MMS]<8) 6. Patients who sweat profusely
Date of first enrolment	01/06/2004
Date of final enrolment	01/11/2005

Dept of Medicine for the Elderly

London
E1 4DG
United Kingdom

Department of Health
Government

Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom

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Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust (UK)

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Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals Award - Barts and The London NHS Trust (UK)

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Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
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25/11/2019: No publications found. Verifying results with principal investigator.