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Upper Extremity Robotic Rehabilitation in Patients With Hemiplegia

S

Sahel Taravati, M.D.

Status

Completed

Conditions

Hemiplegia and/or Hemiparesis Following Stroke

Treatments

Other: Conventional therapy
Other: Robotic therapy

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04393480
STKC2019

Details and patient eligibility

About

Comparison of Upper Extremity Robotic Rehabilitation Efficiency with Conventional Rehabilitation in Patients with Hemiplegia after Cerebrovascular Event

Full description

The aim of this single-blind randomized prospective study is to find out whether including robotic therapy in addition to conventional rehabilitation program has an effect on quality of life, motor function and activities of daily living of the hemiplegic patients. Hemiplegic patients diagnosed by anamnesis, physical examination and radiological analysis, which have been referred to the outpatient clinic of Ege University Faculty of Medicine Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation between April 2016 and April 2019 have been taken to the study. The demographic and clinical data of the patients were recorded and they were randomized into 2 groups. 17 patients assigned to the robotic rehabilitation group (Study group) receiving robot-assisted rehabilitation in addition to conventional treatment and 20 assigned to the conventional rehabilitation group (control group) receiving only conventional therapy completed the study. Robotic-based rehabilitation given additionally was arranged to be 30-45 minutes, 5 days per week for 4 weeks. All patients were assessed at the beginning of therapy and at the end of 4th week with Brunnstrom stages of motor recovery, Fugl Meyer Assessment (FMA), hand grip strength, Purdue peg test, Minnesota manual dexterity test, Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) , Functional Independance Measure (FIM), Stroke Specific Quality of Life Scale (SS-QOL), Nottingham Extended Activities of Daily Living (NEADL) Scale, Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES- D). In the study, improvements in motor function scores, spasticity, general functioning, activities of daily living, cognitive assessment scale are better in robotic group when compared with control group but this difference was not statistically significant (p>0,05). The investigators have found statistically significant improvement in CES- Depression scale in robotic group compared with control group (p=0,018). Significantly improved motor function gains are observed before and after the treatment in both groups being better in the robotic group however no significant differences were observed between the groups after the treatment. Robotic rehabilitation provides a favorable alternative bringing slight benefits, and also advantageous in terms of work power and psychological recovery so robotic rehabilitation addition to conventional neurological rehabilitation is effective and useful in patient management after stroke or cerebrovascular events.

Enrollment

37 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 85 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Having a single stroke
  • Being an adult
  • Having a duration of 4 to 30 months after stroke
  • A score greater than 16 in mini-mental test
  • Upper extremity Brunnstrom stage 2 or higher
  • Being a fluent speaker in Turkish.

Exclusion criteria

  • Severe apraxia
  • Skin ulcers
  • Multiple cerebrovascular events
  • Severe decompensated diseases (cardiopulmonary, neurological, orthopedic and psychiatric etc), cardiac pacemakers, severe neuropsychological impairment,
  • Neglect syndrome
  • Spasticity greater than 3 in Modified Ashworth Scale
  • Severe joint contractures
  • Botulinum toxin-A injection in their upper extremity and dose change in drugs for spasticity in the last 3 months.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Double Blind

37 participants in 2 patient groups

Robotic therapy
Active Comparator group
Description:
Robotic rehabilitation and conventional rehabilitation
Treatment:
Other: Robotic therapy
Other: Conventional therapy
Conventional therapy
Sham Comparator group
Description:
Conventional rehabilitation
Treatment:
Other: Conventional therapy

Trial contacts and locations

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