CUHK Jockey Club HOPE 4 Care Programme - Hand of Hope

Jockey Club Tech-based Stroke Rehabilitation Programme - Hand of Hope

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03808415

Enrollment

111

Registered

2019-01-17

Start date

2019-02-01

Completion date

2022-07-31

Last updated

2022-10-21

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Conditions

Stroke

Brief summary

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust has supported CUHK to launch a three-year project 'CUHK Jockey Club HOPE4Care Programme' to implement four evidence-based advanced rehabilitation technologies in 40 local elderly day care centres and rehabilitation centres, to benefit the community. The interactive intention-driven hand training robotic system is used for neuromuscular rehabilitation of the hand and forearm. This can help stroke survivors to regain their hand functions through motor relearning.

Interventions

DEVICEEMG-driven

The EMG signals are processed and can be visualized with visual feedback to make sure the user actively engaging throughout a therapy session.

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* at least six months after the onset of a unilateral ischemic brain injury or intracerebral haemorrhage * upper-limb motor impairments due to stroke * metacarpophalangeal and proximal interphalangeal joints of fingers can be extended to 180 degree passively * spasticity during extension at the finger joints is lower than 3 as measured by the Modified Ashworth Scale * detectable voluntary EMG signals from the flexor digitorum and extensor digitorum muscles of the paretic hand * have sufficient cognition to follow the experimental instructions

Exclusion criteria

* have other neurological, neuromuscular, and orthopedic diseases * have shoulder or arm contracture/pain

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Action Research Arm Test (ARAT)	3-month follow-up
Fugl-Meyer Assessment Upper Extremity (FMA-UE)	3-month follow-up
Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT)	3-month follow-up

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS)	3-month follow-up

Countries

Hong Kong

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026