Stroke rehab study: does patient perception match reality?

NCT ID NCT06569771

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Grand Hôpital de Charleroi Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study follows 100 stroke survivors with arm weakness to see how their own sense of arm use changes during intensive rehab. Researchers compare patients' perceptions with actual arm function using standard tests. The goal is to better understand the gap between what patients feel they can do and what they can actually do.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

What this could lead to: If successful, this could help design better rehabilitation programs that align with patients' own sense of arm use after stroke.
What could go wrong: This is an observational study, not testing a treatment. It may not lead to direct improvements in recovery.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Participants

About 100 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Jun 2024

Expected to finish

Dec 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Who is studied

Patients who have suffered a first stroke will be selected on transfer to a neurological rehabilitation service. They will be recruited on admission, provided they meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria. A combination of self-administered questionnaires and functional assessments will be carried out on the first day of multidisciplinary management in the neurological rehabilitation department and after two months in hospital.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * First stroke as defined by the World Health Organization. * Upper limb paresis with a NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score \> or = 1/4 for upper limb motor function Exclusion Criteria: * Life expectancy \<12 months * Inability to understand French. * Pre-existing severe multiple disability affecting arm function. * Presence of pre-existing central neurological pathologies. * Mini-Mental State Examination \< 21

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

limb ischemia stroke disorder

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Upper limb ischemia

How to take part

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The places running it

2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
The official record

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Stroke rehab study: does patient perception match reality?

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