INSPIRES-2
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Improving sleep and learning in rehabilitation after stroke, part 2.
IRAS ID
306291
Contact name
Melanie Fleming
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Oxford Research Governance, Ethics and Assurance
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 7 months, 30 days
Research summary
Rehabilitation of movement after stroke depends on motor learning. Motor learning involves not only improvement during practice but also improvement between sessions, known as consolidation of learning. Consolidation of learning depends on good sleep quality. However, we and others have demonstrated that sleep is disrupted long-term after stroke and brain injured patients with poorer sleep show worse rehabilitation outcomes. This study aims to test whether an online sleep improvement programme (Sleepio) is effective at improving sleep after stroke in comparison with treatment as usual alone, and to explore whether improving sleep leads to improvements in consolidation of learning. Additionally, as future studies would seek to include rehabilitation following the sleep improvement programme, we will collect data on the feasibility and acceptability of at-home training for the hand/arm.
REC name
East Midlands - Leicester Central Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
22/EM/0080
Date of REC Opinion
8 Apr 2022
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion