NCT03005457

Pilot Study to Assess the Feasibility and Initial Efficacy of Therapist-as-consultant, Game-based CI Therapy

A Low-cost Virtual Reality Gaming Platform for Neurorehabilitation of Hemiparesis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 32 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ohio State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Pilot study to assess the feasibility and initial efficacy of therapist-as-consultant, game-based CI therapy. Pre/post study design. Participant received a target of 30 hours game-based motor intervention, 100 hours constraint of the less affected upper extremity, and 5 hours therapist consultation (including completion of a behavioral contract at the first study visit). Duration of intervention was 10 consecutive weekdays, with pre-treatment and post-treatment testing performed within 1 week prior to and 1 week post-intervention by an independent tester.

Conditions

• Stroke
• Hemiparesis
• Upper Extremity Dysfunction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Hemiparesis Therapy with VR	An in-home therapist-as-consultant model of CI therapy in which motor practice with shaping and the Motor Activity Log with problem solving were delivered via a custom avatar-based video game called Recovery Rapids

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-07-01
• Primary completion: 2014-12-01
• Completion: 2014-12-01
• First posted: 2016-12-29
• Last updated: 2016-12-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States