Bedside Telerehabilitation Early After Stroke
TRCare, Inc.
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the safety and feasibility of providing extra doses of rehabilitation therapy for persons with a recent stroke. The therapy treatment targets to improve arm function by introducing telerehabilitation to the bedside of participants during the inpatient rehab admission period. Participants will use a newly developed functional training system (HandyMotion) to access therapy treatment program directly from their hospital room. HandyMotion is a sensor-based training system that can connect to the TV set in the hospital room, enabling patients to access their therapy training program to practice rehab-oriented games and exercises ad libitum, at any time of the day.
Description
This clinical trial is designed to address 3 specific aims: Aim 1: To measure the safety of daily bedside telerehabilitation. Aim 2: To measure the feasibility of daily bedside telerehabilitation. Aim 3: To derive a preliminary estimate of motor and functional outcomes in patients engaged in daily bedside telerehabilitation. Telerehabilitation therapy is delivered over the course of the inpatient rehabilitation stay. A therapist-facing web portal is used for treatment planning and patient monitoring. The treatment approach was initially designed based on an upper-extremity task-specific tr…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age 18 years or older 2. Stroke that is radiologically verified, due to ischemia or to intracerebral hemorrhage, and with time of stroke onset \<30 days prior to enrollment; or traumatic brain injury. 3. Unilateral arm motor deficits that are neither trivial (no arm weakness) or devastating (arm plegia). This requires that the baseline Box \& Block Test score with affected arm to be at least 1 block in 60 seconds but no more than 90% of the number of blocks with the good arm. 4. Possess enough arm movement to participate in therapy 5. Informed consent signed by the subj…
Interventions
- DeviceHandyMotion Treatment Program
A pair of sensor-based wireless remote controllers to allow the performance of functional exercises and games that target arm movement.
Location
- Providence St. Jude Medical CenterFullerton, California