Ipsilesional arm training in severe stroke to improve functional independence (IPSI): phase II protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We previously characterized hemisphere-specific motor control deficits in the ipsilesional, less-impaired arm of unilaterally lesioned stroke survivors. Our preliminary data indicate these deficits are substantial and functionally limiting in patients with severe paresis.

Methods

We have designed an intervention ("IPSI") to remediate the hemisphere-specific deficits in the ipsilesional arm, using a virtual-reality platform, followed by manipulation training with a variety of real objects, designed to facilitate generalization and transfer to functional behaviors encountered in the natural environment. This is a 2-site (primary site - Penn State College of Medicine, secondary site - University of Southern California), two-group randomized intervention with an exper

SUBMITTER: Maenza C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9002228 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature