The purpose of this study is to advance upper limb robot-mediated tele-rehabilitation for patients recovering from stroke by empowering them through active science participation. By varying the tasks' features and affordances of a platform that combines a low-cost haptic device on one hand, and an online citizen science platform on the other, investigators will evaluate different strategies for social telerehabilitation. the two fundamental modes of social interaction - competition and cooperation - in addition to a control condition. Specifically, citizen science activities will be performed by competing, cooperating, or isolated users, and their rehabilitation effectiveness examined. Such effectiveness will be measured by (i) participants' rehabilitation performance (inferred from sensorimotor data acquired through the platform and directly quantified by a supervising therapist); (ii) participants' motivations to contribute (measured through surveys administered online); and (iii) participants' emotional well-being and sense of self-esteem (measured through online surveys).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DEVICE_FEASIBILITY
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20
Users are asked to tag objects on a screen
Matthew Bird
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Feasibility of the kinect motion capture platform to capture movement assessed by range of motion
Range-of-motion measurements of the affected and unaffected arm using the kinect motion capture platform.
Time frame: 1 day
Feasibility of the kinect motion capture platform to capture workload assessed by NASA Task Load Index
Assesses work load on five 7-point scales. A series of measures that capture workload. Each scale employs a visual analog scale that measures each of the domains. The domains are Mental Domain, Physical Demand, Temporal Demand, Performance, Effort and Frustration Level. Each scale domain and the Composite has a range from 0 to 100 with 100 being the highest indicator of workload.
Time frame: 1 day
Feasibility of the kinect motion capture platform usability assessed by the System usability scale
Using a 10 item scale to assess the usability of the technology platform with stroke patients. The measure is scored on a 0-100 scale, a higher score means a better outcome.
Time frame: 1 day
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