Exergames on Shoulder Pain and Motor Function

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Shoulder Pain; Stroke

Treatments: Other: Physical therapy; Device: Exergame

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03716206

201810003B

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is to investigate the effects of exergame on shoulder pain and motor function of upper extremity in individuals with stroke.

Full description

Background and Purpose: Stroke is a major cerebrovascular disorder causing various symptoms in the world. A substantial portion of those surviving from stroke typically experience neurological sequelae and stroke-related complications. Post stroke shoulder pain is a sensory disturbance is one of a common complication in patients with chronic stroke and may adversely affect patients' quality of life. Nowadays, exergame has been explored as an adjunct therapy for the management of pain for a number of conditions. This study is to investigate the effects of exergame on shoulder pain and motor function of upper extremity in individuals with stroke. Method: This is a randomized controlled trail. Sixty subjects with poststroke shoulder pain will be recruited and randomized into either the exergame (experimental) group or conventional (control) group. The intervention is one hour per day, four or five days per week for three weeks. The primary outcomes are Visual Analogue Scale, and Brief Pain Inventory - Short Form. The secondary outcomes are Fugl-Meyer Assessment for Upper Limb Extremity, Wolf motor function test and Shoulder Pain and Disability Index.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Unilateral hemiplegia caused by stroke
2. Modified Ashworth Scale ≤2。
3. Mini-Mental State Examination ≥24。
4. Age ≥20。
5. Shoulder pain 。

Exclusion criteria

1. Shoulder joint contructure
2. Forzen shoulder
3. Dizzness, lesion of auditory and vision.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

exergames group

Experimental group

Description:

The exergames intervention is one hour per day, four or five days per week for three weeks.

Treatment:

Device: Exergame

conventional group

Active Comparator group

Description:

The conventional group intervention is one hour per day, four or five days per week for three weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Physical therapy