Optimized Home Rehabilitation Technology Reduces Upper Extremity Impairment Compared to a Conventional Home Exercise Program: A Randomized, Controlled, Single-Blind Trial in Subacute Stroke.
In: Neurorehabilitation and neural repair, Jg. 37 (2023), Heft 1, S. 53-65
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Background: Upper extremity (UE) stroke rehabilitation requires patients to perform exercises at home, yet patients show limited benefit from paper-based home exercise programs.
Objective: To 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.
Methods: In 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.
Results: Participants 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 ( t -test, P = .029). FitMi participants exhibited no significant changes in UE MAS or VAP scores.
Conclusions: A 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 Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03503617.
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Optimized Home Rehabilitation Technology Reduces Upper Extremity Impairment Compared to a Conventional Home Exercise Program: A Randomized, Controlled, Single-Blind Trial in Subacute Stroke.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Swanson, VA ; Johnson, C ; Zondervan, DK ; Bayus, N ; McCoy, P ; Ng, YFJ ; Schindele Bs, J ; Reinkensmeyer, DJ ; Shaw, S |
Zeitschrift: | Neurorehabilitation and neural repair, Jg. 37 (2023), Heft 1, S. 53-65 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2002- : Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications ; <i>Original Publication</i>: New York, NY : Demos Medical Pub., c1999-, 2023 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1552-6844 (electronic) |
DOI: | 10.1177/15459683221146995 |
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