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Trial reportOTJR : occupation, participation and health2023

Telehealth-Guided Virtual Reality for Recovery of Upper Extremity Function Following Stroke.

Richard J Adams, Allison L Ellington, Kate A Kuccera, Hannah Leaman, Catherine Smithson, James T Patrie

Open access · greenAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in OTJR : occupation, participation and health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Virtual reality for stroke rehabilitation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Richard J AdamsBarron Associates, Inc., Charlottesville, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5000-119X
Allison L EllingtonMary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9823-1752
Kate A KucceraUniversity of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, USA.
Hannah LeamanUniversity of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, USA.
Catherine SmithsonUniversity of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, USA.
James T PatrieThe University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA.
University of Virginia Health System · USBarron Associates (United States) · USMary Baldwin University · USUniversity of Virginia · US

Funding

Glove Rehabilitation Application for Stroke Patients (GRASP)R44HD088189 · NICHD · BARRON ASSOCIATES, INC. · PI ADAMS, RICHARD J. · 2016 to 2019
$1.7M
NICHD NIH HHS R44 HD088189
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This rater-blinded, randomized control trial (RCT) investigated the effectiveness of a Glove Rehabilitation Application for Stroke Patients (GRASP) virtual reality home exercise program (HEP) for upper extremity (UE) motor recovery following stroke. The GRASP system facilitates the use of the affected UE in simulated instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). Participants were asked to use the system at home in asynchronous telehealth sessions 4 times per week over 8 weeks. A non-blinded occupational therapist (OT) provided synchronous telehealth visits biweekly. Analysis comparing pre- and post-assessment results for the Fugl-Meyer UE assessment (FMUE) shows a clinically important and statistically significant between-group difference for participants completing the GRASP HEP protocol compared with usual and customary care controls. Statistically significant and clinically important differences were also found in Motor Activity Log (MAL) scores. This evidence provides support for the effectiveness of home-based, IADL-focused, virtual reality therapy with telehealth support.

Indexed as

StrokeStroke RehabilitationTelemedicineVirtual RealityHumansRecovery of FunctionTreatment OutcomeUpper Extremityoccupational therapytelehealthvirtual reality

Identifiers

PMID36960762
PMCPMC10499117
OpenAlexW4360809348

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