In the proposed study, the investigators assumed that high dose of repetitive motor task training using an exoskeleton robot-assisted system may provide benefits in motor shaping and greater brain priming for hand paresis of the stroke patients. Nevertheless, the amount of therapeutic activity with clinicians' guidance is often short of number in therapy sessions.Therefore, using Internet of Things (IoT), connected rehabilitation products and the data they generate that are a new trend of rehabilitation strategy for providing remote home-programs support. The specific aim of this study is to to explore the feasibility of introducing the rental services of a Smart Home-based Exoskeleton Robot System through the IoT business model. And the second purpose is to investigate the effects of applying the exoskeleton robotic device for tenodesisgrip training as a home-based treatment for chronic stroke patients.The expected outcomes of this research are to clarify the feasibility of using IoT business model for launching smart rehabilitation device rental service and the effects of application a high dosage of hand movement training as home program on motor and hand function for patients with chronic stroke.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
18
occupational therapy targeted to goals that are relevant to the functional needs of the patient
National Cheng-Kung University Hospital
Tainan, Taiwan
Change in the result of Box and blocks test
The score is the number of blocks carried from one box to the other in one minute. Higher values represent a better outcome.
Time frame: baseline, 4 weeks, 16 weeks and 20 weeks
Change in the result of Fugl-Meyer assessment for UE motor function
Each item is rated on a three-point ordinal scale (2 points for the detail being performed completely, 1 point for the detail being performed partially, and 0 for the detail not being performed). The maximum motor performance score is 66 points for the upper extremity.completely, 1 point for the detail being performed partially, and 0 for the detail not being performed). The maximum motor performance score is 66 points for the upper extremity.
Time frame: baseline, 4 weeks, 16 weeks and 20 weeks
Change in the result of Modified Ashworth scale (MAS)
Muscle tone is defined by the resistance of a muscle being stretched without resistance.
Time frame: baseline, 4 weeks,16 weeks and 20 weeks
Change in the result of Semmes-Weinstein monofilament (SWM) test
The Semmes-Weinstein monofilamenttest examines the cutaneous pressure threshold, range from 1.65-6.65. Higher values represent a worse outcome.
Time frame: baseline, 4 weeks,16 weeks and 20 weeks
Change in the result of Motor Activity Log
MAL is a structured interview with testing sensitivity used to examine how much (amount of use, AOU) and how well (quality of movement, QOM) the subject uses their more-affected arm. For the 30 items MAL, each item is scored on a 0-5-ordinal scale.
Time frame: baseline, 4 weeks,16 weeks and 20 weeks
Clinical global impression scale
Self-reported improvement over the treatment period,. The scale, rated from 1 (very much improved) to 7 (very much worse), is as the indicator for determining perceptible change of the patients for assisted tenodeis-grip robot system.
Time frame: post-intervention (week 4)
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