Experimental Evaluation of the Virtual Eggs Test on Stroke Participants

Launched by FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI ONLUS · Sep 30, 2024

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Age: Participants of both sexes and any ethnicity, aged 18 to 85 years.
• * Post-stroke patients:
• • Participants who have experienced a first ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke.
• • Participants must be in the sub-acute phase (between 2 weeks and 6 months after the stroke) or the chronic phase (more than 6 months after the stroke).
• • Sufficient motor capabilities to perform motor tasks.
• • Cognitive and language capabilities: Participants must have sufficient cognitive and language abilities to understand the experiment and follow instructions.
• • Informed consent: Participants must provide signed informed consent after being fully informed about the study.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Visual or oculomotor impairments: Participants with significant visual or eye movement disorders.
• * Comorbidities/disabilities:
• • Participants with conditions such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, muscle tone disorders, or malignant neoplasms, which may interfere with the ability to understand or perform the protocol.
• • Cardiopulmonary or circulatory pathologies.
• • Pregnancy or breastfeeding.
• • Psychiatric comorbidities.
• • Language barriers: Participants unable to adequately understand the Italian language.
• • Lack of collaboration: Participants who cannot cooperate sufficiently with the study requirements.
• • Substance use: Consumption of alcohol or diuretics before the tests.
• * Motor function criteria:
• • Participants with a Motricity Index score of \<19 for the pinch grip item.
• • A total upper limb Motricity Index score of \<57.
• • Participants with a fixed contracture of the affected limb (Modified Ashworth Scale = 4).