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Trial reportNeurorehabilitation and neural repair2023

Optimized Home Rehabilitation Technology Reduces Upper Extremity Impairment Compared to a Conventional Home Exercise Program: A Randomized, Controlled, Single-Blind Trial in Subacute Stroke.

Veronica A Swanson, Christopher Johnson, Daniel K Zondervan, Nicole Bayus, Phylicia McCoy, Yat Fung Joshua Ng, Jenna Schindele Bs, David J Reinkensmeyer, Susan Shaw

Registry-linked trialOpen access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Neurorehabilitation and neural repair, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03503617 (RehabTouch), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT03503617 nacompletednot on this map

RehabTouch: A Mixed-reality Gym for Rehabilitating the Hands, Arms, Trunk, and Legs After Stroke

TypeinterventionalSponsorFlint Rehabilitation Devices, LLCRan2018 to 2021Enrolled27ConditionsCerebral StrokeArmsRehabTouch, Conventional tabletop exercise program
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Veronica A SwansonDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4004-9397
Christopher JohnsonDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Daniel K ZondervanFlint Rehabilitation Devices, LLC, Irvine, CA, USA.
Nicole BayusRancho Research Institute, Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Hospital, Downey, USA.
Phylicia McCoyArthur J. Bond Department of Mechanical Engineering, Alabama A&M University, Huntsville, AL, USA.
Yat Fung Joshua NgSchool of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Jenna Schindele BsMathematics and Statistics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
David J ReinkensmeyerDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Susan ShawDepartment of Neurology, Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, Downey, CA, USA.
University of California, Irvine · USRancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center · USAlabama Agricultural and Mechanical University · USFlint Rehabilitation Devices (United States) · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

RehabTouch: A mixed-reality gym for rehabilitating the hands, arms, trunk, and legs after strokeR44AG059256 · NIA · FLINT REHABILITATION DEVICES · PI ROWE, JUSTIN · 2017 to 2018
$1.5M
NIA NIH HHS R44 AG059256
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundUpper extremity (UE) stroke rehabilitation requires patients to perform exercises at home, yet patients show limited benefit from paper-based home exercise programs.

objectiveTo compare the effectiveness of 2 home exercise programs for reducing UE impairment: a paper-based approach and a sensorized exercise system that incorporates recommended design features for home rehabilitation technology.

methodsIn this single-blind, randomized controlled trial, 27 participants in the subacute phase of stroke were assigned to the sensorized exercise (n = 14) or conventional therapy group (n = 13), though 2 participants in the conventional therapy group were lost to follow-up. Participants were instructed to perform self-guided movement training at home for at least 3 hours/week for 3 consecutive weeks. The sensorized exercise group used FitMi, a computer game with 2 puck-like sensors that encourages movement intensity and auto-progresses users through 40 exercises. The conventional group used a paper book of exercises. The primary outcome measure was the change in Upper Extremity Fugl-Meyer (UEFM) score from baseline to follow-up. Secondary measures included the Modified Ashworth Scale for spasticity (MAS) and the Visual Analog Pain (VAP) scale.

resultsParticipants who used FitMi improved by an average of 8.0 ± 4.6 points on the UEFM scale compared to 3.0 ± 6.1 points for the conventional participants, a significant difference (

conclusionsA sensor-based exercise system incorporating a suite of recommended design features significantly and safely reduced UE impairment compared to a paper-based, home exercise program.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03503617.

Indexed as

StrokeStroke RehabilitationHumansMuscle SpasticityRecovery of FunctionSingle-Blind MethodTreatment OutcomeUpper Extremityexercise therapyFitMihome exercise programmRehabrehabilitationsensorsstroke

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PMID36636751
PMCPMC9896541
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