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Reaching the Unreached: Home-Based Telerehabilitation for Stroke Survivors

NCT07467785 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2026-03-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

After a stroke, many people have trouble using their arms and hands. This can make daily tasks-like eating, dressing, or writing-very hard. In Alberta, especially in small towns and rural areas, many stroke survivors go home from the hospital without being referred to rehabilitation. As a result, they miss out on therapy that could help them get better.

This project will test a new way to bring rehabilitation directly into people's homes using telerehabilitation. We will work with 200 stroke survivors across Alberta who did not get regular outpatient rehab. Participants will use the clinically validated Tenzr system-a set of fun, game-like exercises with wearable sensors. Therapists will check in and guide them remotely.

When participants are enrolled in the study, they will be randomized (1:1) into two groups. The Immediate group will receive 8 weeks of home-based telerehabilitation using the Tenzr platform immediately after baseline, while the Delayed group will receive 8 weeks of observation (usual care) followed by 8 weeks of the same telerehabilitation intervention. Everyone in the study will be tested at the baseline, 8 weeks, and 16 weeks. At 16 weeks, we will also interview them to gather their feedback on the telerehabilitation. We want to learn if this program helps people improve arm and hand movement, if it's easy to use, and if people like it. We also want to see if it could be offered more widely across Alberta in the future.

The goal is to give more people access to stroke rehabilitation, no matter where they live.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Standard of Care (SOC)

8 weeks of standard of care for patients discharged from hospital without referrals to outpatient rehabilitation.

OTHER

Telerehabilitation with Tenzr

8 weeks of telerehabilitation at home supported by a remote therapist utilizing the Tenzr application.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Alberta Innovates Health Solutions

    collaborator OTHER

  • Glenrose Hospital Foundation

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Alberta

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jessica M D'Amico, PhD · University of Alberta and Alberta Health Services

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-04-30
Primary Completion
2027-12-31
Completion
2028-08-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases

Read the full study record

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