NCT02952677

"Remind-to-move" for Promoting Upper Extremity Recovery in Patients With Stroke After Subacute Discharge

"Remind-to-move" Using Wearable Devices in Home-based Treatment for Promoting Upper Extremity Recovery in Patients With Stroke After Subacute Discharge

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 84 (actual)
• Sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a multi-centered randomized controlled trial to investigate the effects of "Remind-to-Move" (RTM) using wearable devices at home for promoting upper extremity recovery in stroke patients after discharge from subacute hospitals.

Detailed description

This is a proof-of-principle study to investigate the effects of "Remind-to-Move" (RTM) using wearable devices at home for promoting upper extremity recovery in stroke patients after discharge from subacute hospitals. A multi-center, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial with blinded assessment was carried out in four hospitals. Eighty-four eligible participants who had suffered from stroke with less than 6 months and could slightly move their arms were randomly allocated to either an experimental, sham, or control group stratified by hemiplegic arm functional levels. Patients in the experimental group were treated by RTM using wearable devices, 3 consecutive hours daily, for 4 weeks. The sham group used sham devices. The control group received the usual care. A masked assessor evaluated the participants at 0, 4th, 8th and 12th weeks. Outcome measures included arm function tests, motor activity log, movement amount and percentage recorded by wearable devices. All patients allocated to treatment were included in intention-to-treat analysis.

Conditions

• Stroke
• Upper Extremity Hemiplegia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Remind-to-move	Participants were required to wear sensory cueing wristwatch devices with vibration emitted on the affected arm for 3 consecutive hours daily, for a total of 4 weeks, at any time during the day, and received usual care as well.
BEHAVIORAL	Sham	Participants were required to wear sensory cueing wristwatch devices without vibration emitted on the affected arm for 3 consecutive hours daily, for a total of 4 weeks, at any time during the day, and received usual care as well.
OTHER	Control	Participants received usual care

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-11-01
• Primary completion: 2016-05-01
• Completion: 2016-06-01
• First posted: 2016-11-02
• Last updated: 2016-11-02