NCT05216094

Effects of Mhealth App on the Improvement of Upper Limb Function for Patients With Chronic Stroke

Effects of Applying Task-oriented Practice Combined With Behavior Changes Strategy and Mhealth App on the Improvement of Upper Limb Function for Patients With Chronic Stroke

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 48 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The main purpose is to develop a mobile health app that combines behavioral change technology and task-oriented exercise strategies to provide a technology-assisted training system for upper limb motor function in home stroke cases, and to analyze its feasibility and therapeutic benefits. It is estimated that 50 chronic stroke cases will be recruited and randomly assigned to the experimental group (n=25) and the control group (n=25). The experimental group received a 12-week action health App combined with behavioral change technology and task-oriented upper limb exercise strategy intervention. The control group received a 12-week sham control and a traditional home rehabilitation intervention program. Both groups received pre-test, post-test (12 weeks) and follow-up assessment (4 weeks). This study will adopt a double-blind evaluation design.

Detailed description

The main purpose is to develop a mobile health app that combines behavioral change technology and task-oriented exercise strategies to provide a technology-assisted training system for upper limb motor function in home stroke cases, and to analyze its feasibility and therapeutic benefits. It is estimated that 50 chronic stroke cases will be recruited and randomly assigned to the experimental group (n=25) and the control group (n=25). The experimental group received a 12-week action health App combined with behavioral change technology and task-oriented upper limb exercise strategy intervention. The control group received a 12-week sham control and a traditional home rehabilitation intervention program. Both groups received pre-test, post-test (12 weeks) and follow-up assessment (4 weeks). This study will adopt a double-blind evaluation design, and the evaluation contents include Fugl-Meyer Upper Limb Motor Function Scale, Grip Strength Assessment, Box and Block Test, MAL-28, Stroke Impact Scale and System Utility Scale. Data analysis included descriptive statistics, Repeated ANOVA, and correlation analysis. The results of this research are expected to develop a mobile health app that combines behavioral change technology and task-oriented exercise strategies, which can be applied to stroke patients at home or in the community to promote the execution of high-intensity and high-repetition upper limb motor function exercises, thereby improving upper limb and daily life. life function.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	smart phone App	stroke subjects completed tasks-oriented program demoed in the smart phone app with affected upper limb or bilateral arm movement for 12 weeks
OTHER	conventional rehabilitation	stroke subjects receive conventional rehabilitation home program with smart phone app ,without task-oriented program demoed function, for 12 weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-02-08
• Primary completion: 2023-07-31
• Completion: 2023-07-31
• First posted: 2022-01-31
• Last updated: 2023-12-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan