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Trial reportBioMed research international2014

Action observation therapy in the subacute phase promotes dexterity recovery in right-hemisphere stroke patients.

Patrizio Sale, Maria Gabriella Ceravolo, Marco Franceschini

Registry-linked trialOpen access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in BioMed research international, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04943601 ("Effect Of Action Observation Exercises With Complex Tasks On Upper Limb Function In Acute Stroke."), which is not on this map. Cited by 35 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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35citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04943601 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

"Effect Of Action Observation Exercises With Complex Tasks On Upper Limb Function In Acute Stroke."

TypeinterventionalSponsorRiphah International UniversityRan2020 to 2021Enrolled58ConditionsAcute StrokeArmsaction observation therapy, conventional physical therapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Action observation for upper limb rehabilitation after stroke.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022
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  5. Action observation for upper limb rehabilitation after stroke.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018
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  15. More Than Just Movement: Exploring Embodied Group Synchrony During Seated Dance for Older Adults Living in Residential Aged Care Communities.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Patrizio SaleDepartment of Neurorehabilitation, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Via Della Pisana 235, 00163 Rome, Italy.
Maria Gabriella CeravoloDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Polytechnic University of Marche, 60121 Ancona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2694-4638
Marco FranceschiniDepartment of Neurorehabilitation, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Via Della Pisana 235, 00163 Rome, Italy.
IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele · ITMarche Polytechnic University · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The clinical impact of action observation (AO) on upper limb functional recovery in subacute stroke patients is recent evidence. We sought to test the hypothesis that training everyday life activities through AO coupled with task execution might activate the left hemisphere different from the right one. Sixty-seven first-ever ischemic stroke subjects were randomly assigned to receive upper limb training coupled with AO tasks or standard rehabilitation. The groups were matched by age and gender, Bamford category, and interval from stroke and lesion side. Fugl-Meyer (FM) and Box and Block Test (BBT) were used to measure hand function recovery at the end (T1) and 4-5 months after the treatment (T2). At T1, FM was increased by 31% (± 26%), of maximum achievable recovery, whereas BBT was increased by 17% (± 18%); at T2, FM had reached 43% (± 45%) of maximum recovery, while BBT had reached 25% (± 22%). Combining the effects of treatment to those of lesion side revealed significantly higher gains, in both FM and BBT scores, in left hemiparetic subjects when exposed to AO as compared to standard rehabilitation alone (P < .01). The findings lead to recommend the use of AO in addition to motor training in left hemiparetic patients.

Indexed as

Brain IschemiaParesisRecovery of FunctionStrokeAdultAgedAged, 80 and overExercise TherapyFemaleHandHumansMaleMiddle AgedStroke Rehabilitation

Identifiers

PMID24967372
PMCPMC4054881
OpenAlexW1978666538

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