Effectiveness of a Standardized Stroke Upper Limb Rehabilitation Program with Shortened Fugl-Meyer Assessment Stratification

Sally Hiu Lam Wong

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Other: upper limb function training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06902948

CREC2022.343-T

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of a standardized stroke upper limb rehabilitation program with stratification using Shortened Fugl-Meyer Assessment (S-FM). The standardized program was compared with conventional training based on the hospital protocol.

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• first stroke, able to attend gym training and give written consent

Exclusion criteria

• unstable medical condition, any musculoskeletal conditions or other diseases restricted upper limb training, unfit mental state and unable to follow command

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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44 participants in 2 patient groups

Standardized upper limb rehabilitation program

Experimental group

Description:

A new stroke upper limb rehabilitation program was designed. Participants were classified into 3 categories based on their level of upper limb impairment reflected by the baseline S-FM score (severe 0-4, moderate 5-8, mild 9-12). Upper limb training was provided according to the standardized treatment choices preset with expert opinions

Treatment:

Other: upper limb function training

Conventional upper limb training

Active Comparator group

Description:

Treatments were prescribed based on the corporate stroke rehabilitation protocol of Hong Kong Hospital Authority. The protocol allowed variations in clinical practice and ultimate decision about a particular clinical treatment depended on each individual patient's condition and clinical judgment of individual therapists.

Treatment:

Other: upper limb function training