NCT06927284

Effects Of Neurocognitive Therapy With And Without Soft Robotic Hand On Hand Function

Effects of Neurocognitive Therapy With and Without Soft Robotic Hand on Hand Function in Sub-acute Stroke

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 46 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Riphah International University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To determine the effect of neurocognitive therapy with and without a soft robotic hand on manual ability, dexterity, strength, spasticity and upper limb function in sub-acute stroke.

Detailed description

Stroke is a global disease with high death rate and high disability caused by motor cortical damage. According to the calculations, there were approximately 13.68 million new increased stroke patients all over the world a year and about 70% of survivors had different degrees of upper limb and hand movement dysfunction .The recovery rate of patients' motor function mainly depends on rehabilitation training. Therefore, due to individual difference of patients. Neurocognitive therapy is an effective therapy to improve and increase cognitive, sensory and motor function of upper limb. Robotic hand also help the function of weak hand muscle. Neurocognitive therapy with a robotic hand will have the potential to offer targeted, precise, and adaptable interventions, possibly increase the rehabilitation process compared to both interventions alone. Evaluating their relative efficacy will aid in refining and tailoring rehabilitation strategies for individuals recovering from acute stroke.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Neurocognitive Therapy with Soft Robotic Hand	There will be 23 participants received Neurocognitive Therapy with soft robotic hand . Total 45 minutes session will be provided to patient including 15 minutes of routine physical therapy training for upper limb. The following hand exercises will be performed . Passive localization, passive identification, and active object exploration .For localization placed a part of the patient's limb, typically the fingertip, on one external object (e.g. sand paper, toothpick, sponge, paint brush, cotton ball, pencil, eraser ) and for identification water bottle, sponge, toothpaste tube, electrical plug, plastic ball, paper cup, tape roll, metal bolt with nut, tape roll . During active exploration the The training object repositioned, and another object of a different shape or size offered (water bottle, water bottle with ice in it, sponge. The blindfolded patient then used his effected hand to explore different objects and asked to identify each object with soft robotic hand.
OTHER	Neurocognitive Therapy without Soft Robotic Hand	There will be 23 participants received Neurocognitive Therapy without soft robotic hand . Total 45 minutes session will be provided to patient including 15 minutes of routine physical therapy training for upper limb. The following hand exercises will be performed . Passive localization, passive identification, and active object exploration .For localization placed a part of the patient's limb, typically the fingertip, on one external object (e.g. sand paper, toothpick, sponge, paint brush, cotton ball, pencil, eraser ) and for identification water bottle, sponge, toothpaste tube, electrical plug, plastic ball, paper cup, tape roll, metal bolt with nut, tape roll . During active exploration the The training object will be repositioned, and another object of a different shape or size will be offered (water bottle, water bottle with ice in it, sponge. The blindfolded patient then used his effected hand to explore different objects and asked to identify each object .

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-04-10
• Primary completion: 2025-10-30
• Completion: 2025-10-30
• First posted: 2025-04-15
• Last updated: 2025-08-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan