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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN67466633
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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Public title
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Virtual Reality in the Rehabilitation of the Upper Limb after stroke
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Scientific title
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Acronym
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VRRUL
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Serial number at source
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N/A
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Study hypothesis
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Does virtual reality-based rehabilitation produce improved outcomes in comparison to standard physiotherapy for the upper limb
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Lay summary
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Not provided at time of registration
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Ethics approval
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Approved by the Queen's University Belfast Research Ethics Committee on 26/08/2003, reference number: 186/03
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Study design
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Randomised controlled study
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Countries of recruitment
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United Kingdom
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Disease/condition/study domain
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Stroke
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Participants - inclusion criteria
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1. First stroke
2. Mental score >6/10
3. Motoricity index score >25/100
4. Star cancellation score >47/52
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Participants - exclusion criteria
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1. Aphasia
2. Severe arm pain
3. Cardiac pacemaker
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Anticipated start date
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01/10/2005
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Anticipated end date
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30/04/2007
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Status of trial
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Completed |
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Patient information material
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Target number of participants
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30
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Interventions
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Virtual reality-based upper limb exercises compared to standard assisted active exercises
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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Motoricity index score
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Secondary outcome measure(s)
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Action research arm test score
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Sources of funding
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Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke Association reference number 2002004
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Trial website
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Publications
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1. 2006 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16640466
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Contact name
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Prof
Suzanne
McDonough
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Address
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14J15 Jordanstown campus
University of Ulster
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City/town
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Newtownabbey
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Zip/Postcode
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BT37 0QB
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Sponsor
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Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke Association (UK)
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Address
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22 Great Victoria Street
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City/town
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Belfast
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Zip/Postcode
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BT2 7LX
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Sponsor website:
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http://www.nichsa.com
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Date applied
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30/01/2006
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Last edited
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30/08/2011
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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11/04/2006
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