CUHK Jockey Club HOPE 4 Care Programme - Hand of Hope

NCT03808415 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2018.399
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 111
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust has supported CUHK to launch a three-year project 'CUHK Jockey Club HOPE4Care Programme' to implement four evidence-based advanced rehabilitation technologies in 40 local elderly day care centres and rehabilitation centres, to benefit the community. The interactive intention-driven hand training robotic system is used for neuromuscular rehabilitation of the hand and forearm. This can help stroke survivors to regain their hand functions through motor relearning.

Conditions

Stroke

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Action Research Arm Test (ARAT)

  3-month follow-up

• Fugl-Meyer Assessment Upper Extremity (FMA-UE)

  3-month follow-up

• Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT)

  3-month follow-up

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS)

  3-month follow-up

Study Arms (1)

EMG-driven

EXPERIMENTAL

The hand training system functions as a biofeedback device which surface electromyography (EMG) sensors are used to capture the user's own muscle signals to activate the system for moving his/her paretic hand.

Device: EMG-driven

Interventions

EMG-driven DEVICE

The EMG signals are processed and can be visualized with visual feedback to make sure the user actively engaging throughout a therapy session.

EMG-driven

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• at least six months after the onset of a unilateral ischemic brain injury or intracerebral haemorrhage
• upper-limb motor impairments due to stroke
• metacarpophalangeal and proximal interphalangeal joints of fingers can be extended to 180 degree passively
• spasticity during extension at the finger joints is lower than 3 as measured by the Modified Ashworth Scale
• detectable voluntary EMG signals from the flexor digitorum and extensor digitorum muscles of the paretic hand
• have sufficient cognition to follow the experimental instructions

You may not qualify if:

• have other neurological, neuromuscular, and orthopedic diseases
• have shoulder or arm contracture/pain

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Chinese University of Hong Kong: lead
• The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Hu C, Ti CHE, Shi X, Yuan K, Leung TWH, Tong RK. Development and External Validation of a Motor Intention-Integrated Prediction Model for Upper Extremity Motor Recovery After Intention-Driven Robotic Hand Training for Chronic Stroke. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2025 Feb;106(2):206-215. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2024.08.015. Epub 2024 Aug 30.

  PMID: 39218244 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Stroke

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Cerebrovascular Disorders; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases

Study Officials

• Raymond Tong, PhD

  Department of Biomedical Engineering, CUHK

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor and Chairman

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 20, 2018
• First Posted: January 17, 2019
• Study Start: February 1, 2019
• Primary Completion: July 31, 2022
• Study Completion: July 31, 2022
• Last Updated: October 21, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

HK (1)