The Use of an Engineered Glove for the Assessment and Rehabilitation of Manual Dexterity in People With Stroke.

Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus Foundation

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Stroke; Hand Grasp

Treatments: Other: control group; Other: experimental group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04527783

GREVAP

Details and patient eligibility

About

Stroke often results in impairments of upper extremity, including coordination deficits, reducing of force, weakness and changes in the kinetic and kinematic workspace of fingers with 75% of stroke survivors facing difficulties performing activities of daily living.

The ability to oppose the fingertip of the thumb to each fingertip of the same hand is the basis of grasping objects of various sizes and operating tools and assessing and improving distal upper extremity function is of primary goal in the rehabilitation of stroke survivors. Moreover, repetitive movement practice seems to be crucial for maximizing therapeutic benefits.

Recent studies, proposed an engineered glove to assess motor performance during finger-to-thumb opposition movements and to provide objective and reproducible measures.

The same tool can be integrated with Virtual Reality and serious games to provide repetitive practice of activities improving motivation and adherence with therapy.

the investigators developed a new integrated glove and virtual reality to facilitate the recovery of hand functionality.

The aim of this study is to investigate the feasibility of the engineered glove in the assessment and treatment of hand dysfunction in people with Stroke.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• a single stroke,
• some movement of the fingers,
• any technical and difficulties with wearing the glove on the paretic hand

Exclusion criteria

• visual or cognitive deficits that would prevent them for performing the task

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

Each subject will perform a variety of VR exercises to reduce impairments in their finger range of motion, speed and strength. It includes a glove-shaped sensor device and a software application.

Treatment:

Other: experimental group

control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Each subject will perform usual care rehabilitation aimed at improving manual dexterity

Treatment:

Other: control group