Title |
Interdisciplinary Comprehensive Arm Rehabilitation Evaluation (ICARE): a randomized controlled trial protocol
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Published in |
BMC Neurology, January 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2377-13-5 |
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Authors |
Carolee J Winstein, Steven L Wolf, Alexander W Dromerick, Christianne J Lane, Monica A Nelsen, Rebecca Lewthwaite, Sarah Blanton, Charro Scott, Aimee Reiss, Steven Yong Cen, Rahsaan Holley, Stanley P Azen, For the ICARE Investigative Team |
Abstract |
Residual disability after stroke is substantial; 65% of patients at 6 months are unable to incorporate the impaired upper extremity into daily activities. Task-oriented training programs are rapidly being adopted into clinical practice. In the absence of any consensus on the essential elements or dose of task-specific training, an urgent need exists for a well-designed trial to determine the effectiveness of a specific multidimensional task-based program governed by a comprehensive set of evidence-based principles. The Interdisciplinary Comprehensive Arm Rehabilitation Evaluation (ICARE) Stroke Initiative is a parallel group, three-arm, single blind, superiority randomized controlled trial of a theoretically-defensible, upper extremity rehabilitation program provided in the outpatient setting.The primary objective of ICARE is to determine if there is a greater improvement in arm and hand recovery one year after randomization in participants receiving a structured training program termed Accelerated Skill Acquisition Program (ASAP), compared to participants receiving usual and customary therapy of an equivalent dose (DEUCC). Two secondary objectives are to compare ASAP to a true (active monitoring only) usual and customary (UCC) therapy group and to compare DEUCC and UCC. |
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Sports and Recreations | 9 | 4% |
Other | 32 | 13% |
Unknown | 63 | 25% |