NCT05217329

Smart Phone for Stroke Upper Limb Motor Function Training

Smart Phone as an Assistive Technology for Stroke Upper Limb Motor Function Training - Feasibility and Treatment Effects Analysis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 79 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Stroke rehabilitation for stroke patients can enhance the upper and lower limb function, daily of daily activity improvement, and be beneficial to the family members' quality of life. Literature studies have supported the use of tele-rehabilitation to be as effective as stroke home rehabilitation. Stroke tele-rehabilitation model can use smartphones and apps to practice the mobile health model. Nevertheless, effects of tele-rehabilitation analysis for the proximal recovery of the stroke upper limbs still need to be explored. The main purpose of this research is to develop a smart phone with app system for stroke upper limb motor training, and further analyze its feasibility and treatment effects. The investigators randomly assigned chronic home stroke cases to the experimental group (n=20) and control group (n=20), each group received 8 weeks of treatment.

Detailed description

Stroke rehabilitation (including occupational therapy and physical therapy) for stroke patients can enhance the upper and lower limb function, daily of daily activity improvement, and be beneficial to the family members' quality of life. Literature studies have supported the use of tele-rehabilitation to be as effective as stroke home rehabilitation. Stroke tele-rehabilitation model can use smartphones and apps to practice the mobile health model. This technology with remote rehabilitation have the important characteristics, including ease of use, high-intensity, repetitive exercises, and providing feedback information, to facilitate the recovery of training functions. Nevertheless, effects of tele-rehabilitation analysis for the proximal recovery of the stroke upper limbs still need to be explored. The main purpose of this research is to develop a smart phone with app system for stroke upper limb motor training, and further analyze its feasibility and treatment effects. The investigators randomly assigned chronic home stroke cases to the experimental group (n=20) and control group (n=20), each group received 8 weeks of treatment.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	smart phone App rehabilitation	stroke subjects use smart phone to complete therapeutic tasks 5 min/session total 8 sessions/day with affected arm or bilateral arm movement for 6 weeks
OTHER	conventional rehabilitation	stroke subjects receive conventional rehabilitation home program for 6 weeks(30min/day)

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-12-31
• Primary completion: 2020-06-18
• Completion: 2021-03-26
• First posted: 2022-02-01
• Last updated: 2022-02-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan