Development of a remote handling concept based task-oriented arm training in stroke: a pilot study

Development of a remote handling concept based task-oriented arm training in stroke: a pilot study - Development of a technology-assisted task-oriented arm training

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON48028

Enrollment

Registered

2019-10-28

Start date

2020-05-25

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-04-15

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Conditions

hemiparesis Stroke

Interventions

Both the stroke patients in the chronic and in the subacute stage after stroke will receive the so-called ReHab-TOAT (Remote Handling Based Task-Oriented Arm Training). ReHab-TOAT contains task-orie

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Subacute stroke patients: - An unilateral stroke (ischemic or haemorrhagic) confirmed by brain imaging; - Post stroke duration between 6 weeks and 3 months; - Hemiplegic pattern of arm motor impairment with UAT score 1-3; - Age 18 years or more; - Sufficient cognitive level, i.e. being able to understand the questionnaires and measurement instructions. Chronic stroke patients: - An unilateral stroke (ischemic or haemorrhagic) confirmed by brain imaging; - Post-stroke time larger than 12 months; - Hemiplegic pattern of arm motor impairment with UAT score 1-3; - Age 18 years or more; - Sufficient cognitive level, i.e. being able to understand the questionnaires and measurement instructions., Healthy subjects (i.e. therapists): - degree in physiotherapy or occupational therapy; - experience in treatment of patients with central nervous system deficits.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Subacute and chronic stroke patients: - Severe non-stroke related co-morbidity that may interfere with arm-hand function. - Additional complaints that may interfere with the execution of the measurements. - Severe cognitive problems that prevent the patient from understanding the tasks - Spasticity in the affected upper limb, i.e. a Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) score * 1+. - No informed consent. Healthy subjects (i.e. therapists): - Therapists who are not willing to participate in this study.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The Action Research Arm Test (ARAT), gauging patients' arm hand skill capacity, will serve as primary outcome measure in the pilot study.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The Fugl-Meyer test (gauging patients' fucntion level), the ABILHAND (gauging patients' perceived skill performance), movement extent (measured by the remote handling concept device) and self-perceived performance of activities trained on by patients (gauged using a visual analogue scale (VAS)) will serve as secundary outcome measures for the pilot study.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)