Comparing Mirror Therapy Rehabilitation Device to Conventional Mirror Therapy (MiraPi)

Yale University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Stroke; Impaired Motor Function; Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Mirror Therapy; Device: Miraπ

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06842888

2000039425

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a randomized controlled trial which will compare conventional mirror therapy with mirror therapy using the Miraπ device which physically moves a patient's affected limb.

This study will use two parallel groups: (1) receiving conventional mirror therapy as a part of the standard of care as conducted by the participant's clinical care team and (2) receiving mirror therapy with the Miraπ device as conducted by study personnel with the oversight of the participant's clinical care team.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participants currently accepted and cleared for rehabilitation in the inpatient rehabilitation unit by the rehabilitation medical director.
• Participants with paralysis or motor function problems of only one hand.
• Participants need mirror therapy because of their health condition.
• Participants' rehabilitation physician determined that mirror therapy would be appropriate for standard of care.
• Participants are able to memorize easy tasks, and able to follow instructions e.g., moving the healthy fingers.

Exclusion criteria

• Participants who are not cleared physically or medically to participate in standard acute inpatient rehabilitation therapies by the rehabilitation medical director
• Participants who are not able to memorize easy tasks, e.g., moving the healthy fingers.
• Participants with spasticity of the affected hand (as assed by the occupational therapist)
• Minors
• Vulnerable populations

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Conventional Therapy Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in this group with train using Mirror Therapy (MT), the current standard of care, performing it on the affected arm for 15 minutes daily, 3 days per week until their discharge from clinic (approximately 2-3 weeks).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mirror Therapy

Miraπ Group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this group will train with the Miraπ device, performing it on the affected arm for 15 minutes daily, 3 days per week until their discharge from clinic (approximately 2-3 weeks).

Treatment:

Device: Miraπ