Kinect-based Upper Limb Rehabilitation System in Stroke Patients

Seoul National University

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Virtual Rehabilitation; Stroke; Hemiplegia

Treatments: Other: sham virtual rehabilitation education plus occupational therapy; Procedure: Kinect-based rehabilitation plus occupational therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT02066116

B1401-234-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators have developed the kinect-based upper extremity rehabilitation program and designed this protocol to prove the efficacy of this program.

In brief, subacute stroke patients allocated to intervention group will receive the kinect based-rehabilitation program plus conventional occupational therapy and patients allocated to control group will receive the sham virtual rehabilitation plus conventional occupational therapy, for 10 days.

20 patients with subacute stroke will be allocated into each group and after completing the 10 days intervention, they will be assessed by using objective assessment tools for upper extremity function.

Enrollment: 23 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age from 20 to 80 years
• Stroke within prior 3 months
• Unilateral upper extremity weakness

Exclusion criteria

• Uncontrolled medical conditions
• Who cannot obey the simple command
• Who has the hemispatial neglect, visual impairment, apraxia

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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23 participants in 2 patient groups

Kinect-based Rehabilitation

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: Kinect-based rehabilitation plus occupational therapy

Self-exercises education

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: sham virtual rehabilitation education plus occupational therapy