Helping Stroke Patients With Movement Using Photos, Videos, and Pictograms

Jaegyeong Lee

Status

Completed

Conditions

Stroke

Treatments

Behavioral: Visual Aids(Photos, Videos, and Pictograms)

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT07097779

SYU 2025-06-028-003

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this interventional study is to learn how different types of visual aids-photos, videos, and pictograms-help people with stroke understand and perform simple physical movements. The researcher wants to find out which type of visual aid is most helpful and easiest to understand for stroke rehabilitation.

To take part, participants must be able to stand for at least one minute without help and understand simple instructions.

The main questions this study aims to answer are:

Which type of visual aid (photo, video, or pictogram) helps participants perform movements more accurately?
Which visual aid do participants find the easiest to understand and prefer?
How much mental effort (cognitive load) do participants feel when using each type of visual aid?
Do the effects of visual aids vary depending on stroke type, brain lesion location, or time since stroke?

The researcher will compare how each type of visual aid affects movement performance and participants' responses.

Participants will:

View three types of visual aids (photo, video, pictogram) and perform specific physical tasks based on each.
Have their movement performance recorded using a video camera.
Complete a short survey after the tasks to rate their understanding, preferences, and cognitive effort.
Take part in a single session that lasts about 20 minutes in a quiet room within the hospital.

Enrollment

50 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Diagnosed with stroke.
Have sufficient vision and cognitive ability to perceive the provided visual materials (pictures or text).
Able to stand independently without assistive devices for at least 1 minute.
Have minimum cognitive ability necessary to understand tasks and follow instructions, with a score of 18 or higher on the Korean version of the Mini-Mental State Examination (K-MMSE).

Exclusion criteria

ndividuals with other central nervous system disorders besides stroke that may affect motor performance or assessment.
Individuals with musculoskeletal disorders, such as arthritis or fractures, that may affect motor performance or assessment.
Individuals with severe visual impairments, such as visual field defects, unilateral neglect, or color blindness.