A Prospective Trial of Virtual Home Rehabilitation After Burn Injury

University of Washington

Status: Completed

Conditions: Contracture; Burns; Burn Scar

Treatments: Behavioral: Technology-assisted rehabilitation; Behavioral: Usual care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03475654

STUDY00003707

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overarching goal for this prospective randomized controlled trial (PRCT) is to determine whether a virtual-environment, home-rehabilitation program improves functional outcomes for individuals after a burn injury. Specifically, this study will test the efficacy of a technology-assisted rehabilitation program against current standard of home therapy.

Full description

This is a prospective, randomized controlled trial (PRCT) involving 50 adult burn survivors. This study tests the efficacy of a technology-assisted rehabilitation program against current standard of home therapy. There are two study groups for which subjects will be randomized: control and experimental.The control group will receive treatment as usual, which includes a personalized home exercise program prescribed by a burn therapist, prior to hospital discharge. The experimental group receives treatment as usual, in addition to training and use of the Jintronix platform for 3 months after hospital discharge. Participants will undergo their prescribed therapy regimen for 3 months, with outcomes follow-up to 12 months post-discharge.

Enrollment: 48 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age greater than or equal to 18 years old (no upper age limit)

• Ability to provide written, informed consent for study participation

• Ability to read and understand English

• Anticipated discharge to home environment

• Home environment includes access to:

  • television (larger than 20 inches in diameter with High Definition Multimedia Interface input (HDMI)
  • internet and email address
  • telephone (cell phone or landline)

Exclusion criteria

• Age less than 18 years
• Inability to provide written, informed consent for study participation
• Inability to read or understand English
• Delirium (as determined by the Delirium Observation Score test)
• Near-fall event at time of screening
• Pregnant women
• Discharge to non-home environment (e.g., shelter, street, skilled nursing facility)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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48 participants in 2 patient groups

technology-assisted rehabilitation

Experimental group

Description:

The experimental group will receive treatment as usual, in addition to training with the Jintronix platform. Participants will undergo their prescribed therapy regimen for 3 months, with outcomes follow-up to 12 months post-discharge.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Technology-assisted rehabilitation

Usual care

Active Comparator group

Description:

The control group will receive treatment as usual, which includes a personalized home exercise program prescribed by a burn therapist, prior to hospital discharge. Participants will undergo their prescribed therapy regimen for 3 months, with outcomes follow-up to 12 months post-discharge.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Usual care