Chronic Disease, Stroke
Conditions
Brief summary
Video Communications, like ZOOM, have been widely used in the time of this epidemic. But how about to design an AR / VR communication system with coaching from clinician to facilitate training at home in this time of epidemic. Vulnerable individuals at home can interact with the training platform and his/her clinician can provide online training progamme with guidance.
Interventions
DEVICEAn Online Augmented Reality (AR) Training Platform
The hardware system is based on camera depth sensor and combined with 3D human tracking technology and intelligent technology, to monitor, correct and record the user's whole body movements in real-time, and the users can follow the training program.
Sponsors
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
1. age \>=65 years old or suffering from chronic disease; 2. sufficient cognition to follow simple instructions as well as understand the content and purpose of the study MoCA\> 21); and 3. Home setting: TV with HDMI input, internet access, and a distance of 1.5m away from TV.
Exclusion criteria
1. Any additional medical or psychological condition that would affect their ability to comply with the study protocol, e.g., a significant orthopaedic or chronic pain condition, major post-stroke depression, epilepsy, artificial cardiac pacemaker / joint; 2. Severe shoulder or arm contracture/pain; 3. Severe knee or hip contracture/pain; 4. Pregnant women
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fugl-Meyer Assessment | 6-month after the first training | Fugl-Meyer Assessment for Upper-Extremity the maximum score is 66, divided into 33 items in the form of a 3-point scale (0-2), 0 is cannot perform and 2 performs fully. Fugl-Meyer Assessment for Lower-Extremity consists of 34-level cumulative scoring system to examine lower-limb functions of hemiplegic stroke patients quantitatively through a set of lower-limb movement tasks in reflex, flexor/extensor synergy, volitional movement, coordination and speed (Fugl-Meyer, et al., 1975). |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The 12-item Short Form Survey | 6-month after the first training | It is a self-reported outcome measure assessing the impact of health on an individual's everyday life. It is often used as a quality-of-life measure. |
| Barthel Index | 6-month after the first training | It assesses functional independence, generally in stroke patients. |
| Berg Balance Scale | 6-month after the first training | Berg Balance Scale (BBS), consists of 56-level measures to examine balance ability and to predict falling risk with high reliability (ICC=0.98) (Steffen, Hacker & Mollinger, 2002). Stroke patients were assessed based on their performance on 14 simple mobility tasks, including transfer, standing, and reaching |
| Modified Ashworth Scale | 6-month after the first training | Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS), consists of 4-level scale to examine joint spasticity based on muscle tone and resistance detected during passive stretching with good inter-rater reliability (ICC =0.85) (Bohannon & Smith, 1987). |
| Functional Ambulation Category Test | 6-month after the first training | Functional Ambulatory Category (FAC) is a reliable measurement of independent walking ability on level-ground walking and stair ambulation, which is a good prediction of independent community walking post-stroke (Mehrholz, et al., 2007). FAC consists of 6-level scale: patients with FAC=4 requires supervision in level ground walking, FAC=5 requires supervision only when walking on non-level surface such as stairs. |
Countries
Hong Kong
Contacts
Primary ContactRaymond Kai-yu Tong, PhD
Outcome results
None listed