Rehabilitation of the Stroke Hand at Home

Summary

The purpose of this research is to evaluate a therapy delivery system for stroke patients that provide accessible, affordable stroke care. User-friendly home therapy robots and a telerehabilitation system are combined to monitor and provide therapy that is accessible for patients in rural and underserved locations. The robotic-based home therapy intervention will produce significantly greater improvement in upper extremity motor function than Usual and Customary Care enhanced with a (non-robotic) home therapy upper extremity rehabilitation program at the end of 8 weeks of home therapy.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

DEVICE

Hand Mentor (TM) robotic stroke therapy device

The goal of the Hand Mentor ™ (TM) device is to improve Active Range of Motion in the distal musculature of the paretic limb of patients with stroke. Development of HM patient protocols are based on basic principles of motor learning: the protocols actively engage the patient in activities, progressively increase task difficulty based on patient performance, actively assist patient if necessary (i.e. patient is not passive), provide meaningful feedback at regular intervals, require sensorimotor integration and incorporate the use of tasks that that are intended to transfer to distal motor performance.

DEVICE

Home Therapy Program

Subjects in the control group will be instructed in a self administered home therapy program

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The Cleveland Clinic

  collaborator OTHER

• Emory University

  collaborator OTHER

• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

  collaborator NIH

• Kinetic Muscles

  lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

• Jay Alberts, PhD · The Cleveland Clinic

• Steve L Wolf, PhD · Emory University Medical School

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

21 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2010-06-30

Primary Completion

2013-09-30

Completion

2013-09-30

Countries

• United States

Study Locations