The Development of Upper Extremity Rehabilitation Program Using Virtual Reality for the Stroke Patients

Seoul National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Upper Extremity Dysfunction After the Stroke

Treatments: Other: Virtual reality program for upper extremity rehabilitation; Other: standard occupational therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02013999

B-1306/208-005

Details and patient eligibility

About

Using the upper extremity rehabilitation program developed by virtual reality would help the recovery upper extremity function in patients with stroke.

Full description

This randomized, double-blind, controlled trial included 24 patients with ischemic stroke. The intervention group received 30 min of conventional occupational therapy (OT) and 30 min of the mobile upper extremity rehabilitation program using a smartphone and a tablet PC (MoU-Rehab). The controls (n = 12) received conventional OT alone for 1 h per day. Rehabilitation consisted of 10 sessions of therapy, 5 days per week, for 2 weeks. The outcome measures (Fugl-Meyer Assessment of the upper extremity [FMA-UE], Brunnstr¨om stage [B-stage] for the arm and the hand, manual muscle testing [MMT], modified Barthel index [MBI], EuroQol-5 Dimension [EQ-5D], and Beck Depression Inventory [BDI]) were assessed at the beginning and end of treatment, and at 1 month. User satisfaction was evaluated by a qestionnaire.

Enrollment: 33 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke confirmed by brain imaging study
• upper extremity dysfunction
• possible to use a simple device

Exclusion criteria

• delirium, confusion or other evidence related to the consciousness
• uncontrolled medical or surgical disease
• unable to command to the order due to severe cognitive impairment
• visual impairment
• unable to sit

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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33 participants in 2 patient groups

Virtual reality program

Experimental group

Description:

mobile device for virtual reality program

Treatment:

Other: Virtual reality program for upper extremity rehabilitation

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

standard occupuational therapy

Treatment:

Other: standard occupational therapy