The investigators will investigate the efficacy of a newly developed functional exercise device (FitMi Plus) for people in the chronic stage after a stroke compared to the FitMi Basic (i.e. without functional exercises). FitMi Plus combines objects commonly used during activities of daily living with sensors that can track and record the patient's direction and degree of movement as they perform specific functional tasks described on a computer.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
50
A set of common objects that couple with a wireless sensor platform to allow the performance of functional exercises to be measured by a motivating software platform.
A wireless sensor platform that allows movement subcomponents and point-to-point exercises to be measured by a motivating software platform.
Rancho Research Institute, Inc
Downey, California, United States
Human Neuroperformance Laboratory at University of California Irvine
Irvine, California, United States
Change in Motor Activity Log
A self-reported measure of the quality of movement and amount of use of the impaired upper extremity across a set of activities of daily living. Minimum value = 0, maximum value = 5, higher scores = better outcome
Time frame: Baseline and One-Month Post-Treatment, at seven weeks
Change in Upper Extremity Fugl-Meyer
A standardized assessment of arm impairment based on scores of 0-2 on 33 different tasks. Minimum value = 0, maximum value = 66, higher scores = better outcome
Time frame: Baseline and One-Month Post-Treatment, at seven weeks
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