Quantification of UE Use and Effects of Feedback in the Home Setting (OPTASpr2016)

Cleveland State University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Stroke

Treatments

Behavioral: Accelerometer based feedback about paretic arm use

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02995213

IRB-FY2016-84

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators are proposing a pilot study, the purpose of which is to use accelerometers to quantify UE use (1 and two hand use) in people post-stroke from which the investigators will develop use-based feedback to improve recovery in the home setting. The objectives of this pilot study are to:

i.) determine the feasibility of using accelerometers to quantify amount of UE use in the home setting in individuals chronic post-stroke,

ii.) quantify and compare the unilateral activity of the weaker (paretic) versus stronger (non-paretic) UEs, and

iii.) assess the effect of a 7 sessions of in-home accelerometer used-based feedback on unilateral and bilateral UE use.

iv.) assess kinematic, kinetic, and EMG data during UE movements unilaterally and bilaterally in subjects post-chronic stroke pre and post feedback.

Enrollment

12 patients

Sex

All

Ages

25 to 100 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Subjects post-stroke
chronic post ischemic or hemorrhagic cortical or subcortical stroke
25 - 100 years old
upper extremity impairment
Subjects will need to be able to flex their paretic shoulder and their elbow > 40° without assist
able to follow 2-step commands
community dwelling with or without assistance
intact superficial light touch sensation in both upper extremities
must also have some movement in both arms

Exclusion criteria

can't currently have another neuromuscular disorders such as spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson disease or multiple sclerosis
no upper extremity injury within the last 3 months