Sensory Reeducation in Peripheral Nerve Injuries of Hand (HandtherRCT)

The recruitment status of this study is unknown because the information has not been verified recently.

Verified September 2010 by University of Sao Paulo.
Recruitment status was Recruiting

Sponsor:

Collaborator:

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

Information provided by:

University of Sao Paulo

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT01215760

First received: July 1, 2010

Last updated: October 5, 2010

Last verified: September 2010

History of Changes

No Study Results Posted on ClinicalTrials.gov for this Study

About Study Results Reporting on ClinicalTrials.gov

Study Status:	This study is currently recruiting participants.
Estimated Study Completion Date:	December 2011
Estimated Primary Completion Date:	October 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Publications:

Rosén B, Lundborg G. Training with a mirror in rehabilitation of the hand. Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg. 2005;39(2):104-8.

Rosén B, Lundborg G. Early use of artificial sensibility to improve sensory recovery after repair of the median and ulnar nerve. Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg. 2003;37(1):54-7.

Rosén B, Balkenius C, Lundborg G. Sensory re-education today and tomorrow: a review of evolving concepts. British Journal of Hand Therapy. v. 8, p. 48-56, 2003.

Rosén B, Lundborg G. The long term recovery curve in adults after median or ulnar nerve repair: a reference interval. J Hand Surg Br. 2001 Jun;26(3):196-200.

Rosén B, Lundborg G. A model instrument for the documentation of outcome after nerve repair. J Hand Surg Am. 2000 May;25(3):535-43.

Rosén B, Lundborg G. A new tactile gnosis instrument in sensibility testing. J Hand Ther. 1998 Oct-Dec;11(4):251-7.

Rosén B. Recovery of sensory and motor function after nerve repair. A rationale for evaluation. J Hand Ther. 1996 Oct-Dec;9(4):315-27.

Rizzolatti G, Craighero L. The mirror-neuron system. Annu Rev Neurosci. 2004;27:169-92. Review.

Rizzolatti G, Fogassi L, Gallese V. Neurophysiological mechanisms underlying the understanding and imitation of action. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2001 Sep;2(9):661-70. Review. No abstract available.

Rizzolatti G, Luppino G. The cortical motor system. Neuron. 2001 Sep 27;31(6):889-901. Review.

Pons TP, Garraghty PE, Ommaya AK, Kaas JH, Taub E, Mishkin M. Massive cortical reorganization after sensory deafferentation in adult macaques. Science. 1991 Jun 28;252(5014):1857-60.

Orfale AG, Araújo PM, Ferraz MB, Natour J. Translation into Brazilian Portuguese, cultural adaptation and evaluation of the reliability of the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand Questionnaire. Braz J Med Biol Res. 2005 Feb;38(2):293-302. Epub 2005 Feb 15.

Novak CB. Evaluation of hand sensibility: a review. J Hand Ther. 2001 Oct-Dec;14(4):266-72. Review.

Noble J, Munro CA, Prasad VS, Midha R. Analysis of upper and lower extremity peripheral nerve injuries in a population of patients with multiple injuries. J Trauma. 1998 Jul;45(1):116-22.

McAllister RM, Gilbert SE, Calder JS, Smith PJ. The epidemiology and management of upper limb peripheral nerve injuries in modern practice. J Hand Surg Br. 1996 Feb;21(1):4-13.

Merzenich MM, Jenkins WM. Reorganization of cortical representations of the hand following alterations of skin inputs induced by nerve injury, skin island transfers, and experience. J Hand Ther. 1993 Apr-Jun;6(2):89-104. Review.

Ciechomska A, Kotwica Z. [Aphasia without alexia after surgical treatment of aneurysm of the right middle cerebral artery--incomplete lateralization of verbal functions?] Neurol Neurochir Pol. 1991 Jul-Aug;25(4):516-20. Polish.

Lundborg G. Richard P. Bunge memorial lecture. Nerve injury and repair--a challenge to the plastic brain. J Peripher Nerv Syst. 2003 Dec;8(4):209-26.

Lundborg G. Brain plasticity and hand surgery: an overview. J Hand Surg Br. 2000 Jun;25(3):242-52. Review.

Lundborg G, Rosén B, Lindberg S. Hearing as substitution for sensation: a new principle for artificial sensibility. J Hand Surg Am. 1999 Mar;24(2):219-24.

Johansson BB. Brain plasticity in health and disease. Keio J Med. 2004 Dec;53(4):231-46. Review.

Jerosch-Herold C. Assessment of sensibility after nerve injury and repair: a systematic review of evidence for validity, reliability and responsiveness of tests. J Hand Surg Br. 2005 Jun;30(3):252-64. Review.

di Pellegrino G, Làdavas E, Farné A. Seeing where your hands are. Nature. 1997 Aug 21;388(6644):730. No abstract available.

di Pellegrino G, Wise SP. Visuospatial versus visuomotor activity in the premotor and prefrontal cortex of a primate. J Neurosci. 1993 Mar;13(3):1227-43.

di Pellegrino G, Fadiga L, Fogassi L, Gallese V, Rizzolatti G. Understanding motor events: a neurophysiological study. Exp Brain Res. 1992;91(1):176-80.

Dellon AL, Jabaley ME. Reeducation of sensation in the hand following nerve suture. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1982 Mar;(163):75-9.

Dagum AB. Peripheral nerve regeneration, repair, and grafting. J Hand Ther. 1998 Apr-Jun;11(2):111-7. Review.

Buccino G, Binkofski F, Riggio L. The mirror neuron system and action recognition. Brain Lang. 2004 May;89(2):370-6. Review.

Lundborg G. Nerve injury and repair - regeneration, reconstruction and cortical remodeling. Elsevier, Churchill Livingstone, 2a . ed. Cap.8, 9, 10 e 11, 198-244.

DELLON, A.L.; Somatosensory testing and rehabilitation. The American Occupational Ther Ass, Inc. chapter:11, 246-293, 1997.

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