Telerehabilitation for the Hand and Arm After Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury
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interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
The goal of this project is to develop a low-cost, user-friendly, portable telerehabilitation system for physical therapy of the upper limb after stroke or traumatic brain injury. The system is based on the use of a commercially available force feedback joystick and will work with an ordinary home PC and a standard high-speed internet connection. Using the joystick, the patient will perform exercises designed to aid in recovering motor function of the hand and arm. The joystick will be programmed to either assist or resist the patient's movements. The system will include sophisticated analysis of patient status and progress to provide the therapist and physician with detailed information. In the first phase of the study, we will develop the system in cooperation with the physical therapy staff and other rehabilitation specialists. The investigators will examine the usability, comfort, safety and therapeutic benefit of the system. In the second phase of the study, the investigators will employ the system in patients' homes, using the internet to connect to rehabilitation specialists in the clinic. The study hypothesis is that it is possible to adapt commercially available, low cost gaming equipment such as force feedback joysticks to provide therapy for patients in their own homes, and that patients will be able to work with this system and will find it enjoyable and helpful for recovering motor function.
Trial Health
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
February 21, 2006
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
February 23, 2006
CompletedAugust 13, 2008
August 1, 2008
February 21, 2006
August 11, 2008
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (3)
Modified motor assessment scale
Kinematic analysis
Feedback questionnaires for patients, therapists and caretakers
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Post-cerebrovascular accident or post-traumatic brain injury
- In medically stable condition
- Resident in Israel
- Note: In addition there will be healthy, age-matched volunteers
You may not qualify if:
- History of psychiatric illness
- Grade of less than 23 in the Mini-Mental Test
- Inability to understand informed consent form
- Inability to follow 3-step instructions
- Pregnancy
- Receptive aphasia
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (2)
Hadassah Medical Organization
Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
Chaim Sheba Medical Center
Tel Litwinsky, 52662, Israel
Related Publications (1)
Sugarman H, Dayan E, Weisel-Eichler A, Tiran J. The Jerusalem TeleRehabilitation System, a new low-cost, haptic rehabilitation approach. Cyberpsychol Behav. 2006 Apr;9(2):178-82. doi: 10.1089/cpb.2006.9.178.
PMID: 16640475BACKGROUND
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- STUDY CHAIR
Heidi Sugarman, Ph.D.
Ono Academic College
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Joseph Tiran, PhD
Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Ehud Dayan, BSc
Sonarion Hadassah Virtual Reality Center
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NON RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
February 21, 2006
First Posted
February 23, 2006
Last Updated
August 13, 2008
Record last verified: 2008-08