Aim: To assess whether a cognitively demanding dual-task has greater impact on manual dexterity in chronic stroke patients than in healthy subjects. Methods: A visuomotor force-tracking task, combining grip force and oculomotor recordings, will be applied in chronic stroke patients with mild-moderate hemiparesis without clinical cognitive impairments and in age-comparable healthy subjects. The dual-task includes avoiding visual distractors and mental addition of numbers. Dual-task effect is calculated as difference in force control accuracy (dual minus single-task) and as difference in saccade rate (addition of numbers minus visual distractors).
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
60
GHU Sainte Anne
Paris, France
Saccade inhibition rate
Cross sectional comparison of % of saccades performed towards visual distractors
Time frame: Baseline measurement (one occasion)
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