Visual Feedback Therapy for Treating Individuals With Hemiparesis Following Stroke

Visual Feedback Therapy for Treating Individuals With Hemiparesis Following Stroke

The purpose of the study is to determine whether an existing treatment for problems that participants have with making movements after a stroke can be performed at home.

This study will compare two forms of home-based treatment for post-stroke problems making movements with the arms and hands. After initial pre-treatment assessments, participants will complete 4 weeks of treatment, with assessments after each week of treatment and 3 months after the completion of treatment.

Inclusion Criteria:

• 6 months or more post-stroke
• upper extremity Fugl-Meyer score between 10 and 50
• no longer participating in upper-extremity physical or occupational therapy
• sufficient comprehension ability to understand instructions

Exclusion Criteria:

• previous head trauma, psychiatric illness or chronic exposure to medications that might be expected to have lasting consequences for the central nervous system (e.g., haloperidol, dopaminergics)
• dementia