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title: Effect of Task-oriented Training Assisted by Force Feedback Hand Rehabilitation Robot on Finger Function in Stroke Patients With Hemiplegia
nct_id: NCT05841108
overall_status: UNKNOWN
phase: NA
sponsor: The First Hospital of Jilin University
study_type: INTERVENTIONAL
primary_condition: Stroke
countries: China
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clinicaltrials_gov: "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05841108"
ct_last_update_post_date: 2023-05-06
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# Effect of Task-oriented Training Assisted by Force Feedback Hand Rehabilitation Robot on Finger Function in Stroke Patients With Hemiplegia

**NCT ID:** [NCT05841108](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05841108)

## Key Facts

- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study Type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Target Enrollment:** 44
- **Lead Sponsor:** The First Hospital of Jilin University
- **Conditions:** Stroke
- **Start Date:** 2023-05-04
- **Completion Date:** 2023-11-10
- **CT.gov Last Update:** 2023-05-06

## Brief Summary

Over eighty percent of stroke patients experience finger-grasping dysfunction problems, compromising independence in daily life activities and quality of life. In routine training, task-oriented training is usually used for functional training of the hand, which may improve the finger grasping performance after stroke, whereby augmented therapy may lead to a better treatment outcome. Technology-supported training holds opportunities for increasing training intensity. However, most of the hand rehabilitation robots commonly used in the clinic are based on passive training mode and lacks the sensory feedback function of fingers, which is not conducive to patients completing more accurate grasping movements. The force feedback hand rehabilitation robot can make up for the above defects, but its clinical efficacy in stroke patients are not known to date. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness and added value of the force feedback hand rehabilitation robot combined with task-oriented training for stroke patients with hemiplegia.

## Eligibility

- **Minimum age:** 20 Years
- **Maximum age:** 80 Years
- **Sex:** ALL
- **Healthy Volunteers:** No

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Inclusion Criteria:

* First-ever stroke
* Aged 20\~80 years old
* Post-stroke time≤6 months
* Clinically diagnosed with a central paresis of the right arm/hand (Brunnstrom stage of the affected upper limb≥II, Brunnstrom stage of the affected hand II\~V, Active flexion range of motion of the affected finger joint≥10°, MAS of affected upper limb and finger≤1+
* Sitting balance≥Level 2
* No serious depression and no visual impairment
* Cognitive and speech abilities sufficient to understand instructions and to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Severe additional neurological, orthopedic, or rheumatoid impairments before stroke which could interfere with task performance
* Sensory disturbance of fingers
* Severe joint pain caused by various reasons affects the functional activities of fingers
* Complicated with serious heart, lung, liver, kidney or infection
* Attending another study or therapy to improve arm-hand function
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## Arms

- **experimental group** (EXPERIMENTAL)
- **control group** (ACTIVE_COMPARATOR)

## Interventions

- **force feedback rehabilitation robot (SEM™ Glove)** (DEVICE) — In the experimental group, the therapists were asked to illustrate and demonstrate the motor points of the cylindrical grasping and spherical grasping movements, and the patients were instructed to imitate them with nonparalytic hand, while the latter patients wore SEM™ Glove were used for task-oriented training, such as inserting pegs, grasping a ball into a barrel, and drinking water exercises. The difficulty of task-oriented training can be adjusted according to the patient's actual condition, such as changing the shape, weight, size of the target or changing the distance, duration, and so on during training
- **assisted by a therapist** (OTHER) — The control group received task-oriented training assisted by a therapist to complete the same task as the experimental group. Therapists need to instruct patients to try to grasp items and give appropriate assistance to guarantee their completion of the grasping task. If finger extension is weak, the therapist assists the patient in extension of the digits before grasping the items, and if the finger flexion angle does not meet the grasp function needs, it should assist in flexion finger movements

## Primary Outcomes

- **Fugl-Meyer motor function assessment-upper limb finger motor part** _(time frame: Change from baseline Fugl-Meyer motor function assessment-upper limb finger motor part score at 4 weeks)_ — Fugl-meyer motor function assessment-upper limb (FMA-UL) has been found a reliable and valid test for the assessment of arm hand function in stroke patients. The maximum score of on the FMA-UL is 66 points. This study used FMA-UL finger motor part , with a total score of 14 points.

## Secondary Outcomes

- **Modified Ashworth scale (MAS)** _(time frame: Change from baseline Modified Ashworth scale outcome at 4 weeks)_
- **Range of motion (ROM)** _(time frame: Change from baseline range of motion outcome at 4 weeks)_
- **grip strength** _(time frame: Change from baseline grip strength at 4 weeks)_
- **Brunnstrom recovery stages of hand (BRS-H)** _(time frame: Change from baseline brunnstrom recovery stages of hand at 4 weeks)_
- **Barthel index (BI)** _(time frame: Change from baseline barthel index at 4 weeks)_

## Locations (1)

- First hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China — _RECRUITING_

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