Musical Biofeedback for Sensorimotor Control Capacity of Hands

National Cheng-Kung University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hand Injuries

Treatments: Other: regular hand therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04802564

A-ER-108-557

Details and patient eligibility

About

In the proposed study, the investigators assumed that music support treatment, a multisensory-based framework for ameliorating brain plasticity, combined with low-amplitude vibration stimulation can prime motor system and change in motor performance for the patient with a peripheral injury or the loss of a limb. The specific aim of this study is to develop a Multisensory Biofeedback with Musical Interface system, with the aim of improving the sensorimotor impairment of patients' hands.The expected outcomes of this research are to clarify the effects of application Multisensory Biofeedback with Musical Interface on motor and hand function for patients with hand injuries.

Enrollment: 73 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• tendon and bone injury in hand, wrist, and forearm; peripheral nerve injury in upper extremity; replantation; a combination of nerve and tendon or vascular injury; the protective sensation of the hand is absent or impaired

Exclusion criteria

• patients with deficits in cognition, perception or language comprehension, as well as severe pain and swelling in the upper limbs

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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73 participants in 2 patient groups

Multisensory-based music treatment

Experimental group

Description:

Using a multisensory-based music treatment synchronizing with vibrotactile stimulation on the finger pulps during the protection phase (week 0-4) for hand injury patients.

Treatment:

Other: regular hand therapy

Traditional sensory reeducation intervention

Active Comparator group

Description:

Using constant and moving tactile stimulation on the finger pulps during the protection phase (week 0-4) for hand injury patients.

Treatment:

Other: regular hand therapy