New device aims to ease stroke hand pain and paralysis
NCT ID NCT06842888
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a new device called Miraπ that physically moves a stroke patient's affected hand during mirror therapy. It compared this device to standard mirror therapy in 24 stroke patients with one-sided hand paralysis and pain. The goal was to see if the device could improve hand function and reduce pain better than the usual approach.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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24 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Finished
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Aug 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Participants currently accepted and cleared for rehabilitation in the inpatient rehabilitation unit by the rehabilitation medical director. * Participants with paralysis or motor function problems of only one hand. * Participants need mirror therapy because of their health condition. * Participants' rehabilitation physician determined that mirror therapy would be appropriate for standard of care. * Participants are able to memorize easy tasks, and able to follow instructions e.g., moving the healthy fingers. Exclusion Criteria: * Participants who are not cleared physically or medically to participate in standard acute inpatient rehabilitation therapies by the rehabilitation medical director * Participants who are not able to memorize easy tasks, e.g., moving the healthy fingers. * Participants with spasticity of the affected hand (as assed by the occupational therapist) * Minors * Vulnerable populations
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Rehabilitation and Wellness Center at the Milford Campus of Bridgeport Hospital
Milford, Connecticut, 06460, United States
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