RehabTouch Home Therapy for Stroke Patients

Flint Rehabilitation Devices

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cerebral Stroke

Treatments: Device: RehabTouch; Other: Conventional tabletop exercise program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT03503617

1R44AG059256-01A1

Details and patient eligibility

About

We will investigate the efficacy of a newly developed exercise device (RehabTouch) for people in the subacute stage after a stroke compared to a traditional tabletop exercise program. RehabTouch uses embedded sensors that can track and record the patient's direction and degree of movement as they perform exercises described on a computer.

Enrollment: 27 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age: 18 to 85 years old
• Upper extremity weakness measured by a clinical scale
• Absence of moderate to severe pain on affected upper extremity
• Able to understand the instructions to operate RehabTouch

Exclusion criteria

• Concurrent severe medical problems, visual deficits, severe neglect or apraxia
• Enrollment to other therapy studies

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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27 participants in 2 patient groups

RehabTouch Exercise Program

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will perform targetted movement exercises by interacting with the RehabTouch pucks, as described and monitored on a computer. Participants will be asked to exercise at least 3 hours per week for 3 consecutive weeks.

Treatment:

Device: RehabTouch

Conventional tabletop exercise program

Active Comparator group

Description:

Conventional tabletop exercise program is a traditional exercise program described in a booklet similar to what is typical provided to stroke patients upon their discharge from the hospital. Participants will be asked to perform these exercises at least 3 hours per week for 3 consecutive weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Conventional tabletop exercise program