Error-enhanced Learning & Recovery in 2 & 3 Dimensions

Launched by SHIRLEY RYAN ABILITYLAB · Dec 17, 2021

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**Study Summary: Error-Enhanced Learning & Recovery in 2 & 3 Dimensions**

This clinical trial is exploring how making mistakes during specific exercises can actually help improve movement after a stroke. Participants will practice reaching for targets with their affected arm, and the researchers will observe the errors they make. By understanding these errors, the team aims to create personalized exercise programs that target each individual's specific challenges, ultimately helping them move better over time.

To participate in this study, you need to be at least 18 years old and have had a stroke for more than eight months, with some ability to move your shoulder and elbow. You should also have weakness on one side of your body. Unfortunately, this study cannot include individuals with severe movement difficulties, certain cognitive or sensory impairments, or those currently involved in other rehabilitation treatments. If eligible, participants can expect to engage in customized exercises designed to enhance their recovery while contributing to valuable research that could help others in the future.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. 18 years of age or older
• • 2. Chronic stroke (8+ months post stroke event) with primary motor cortex involvement
• • 3. Hemiparesis
• • 4. Some degree of both shoulder and elbow movement capability
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Bilateral paresis
• • 2. Severe tactile deficits using the Two-Point Discrimination Test (participant must detect\<11mm)
• • 3. Severe proprioceptive deficits
• • 4. Severe spasticity (Modified Ashworth \>3) preventing movement
• • 5. Aphasia, cognitive impairment, or affective dysfunction that would influence the ability to perform the experiment
• • 6. Visual deficits, and hemispatial neglect that would prevent the subjects from seeing the targets.
• • 7. Inability to provide an informed consent
• • 8. severe current medical problems
• • 9. diffuse/multiple lesion sites or multiple stroke events
• • 10. Inability to attain and maintain testing positions
• • 11. Botox injection to the affected upper extremity within the previous 4 months
• • 12. Concurrent participation in upper extremity rehabilitation either as part of a research intervention protocol or a prescribed therapy
• • 13. Participation in previous, similar robotics intervention study
• • 14. Other neurological issues
• None of the following special populations will be included in this research study:
• • Adults unable to consent
• • Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers)
• • Pregnant women
• • Prisoners
• • Vulnerable Populations