Information and communication technologies (ICT) are used in telerehabilitation to deliver rehabilitation treatments to patients in their homes or other locations.
Thirty hemiparetic patients with mild hand dysfunction of both sexes participated in the study (Age range was 45- to 55-year-old); 15 patients in the control group (GB) received a selected hand rehabilitation program, whereas 15 patients in the study group (GA) received telerehabilitation intervention. The 9HPT (Nine-hole peg test), FMUE (Fugl Meyer upper extremity), MOCA (Montreal cognitive assessment scale), REHACOM system, and the BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY QUESTIONNAIRE were used to evaluate the patients in both groups before and after the treatment program began.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
30
Patients at the Telerehabilitation group are contacted via laptops that have cameras, microphones, and a reliable internet connection. The therapist's laptop camera is positioned so the patient may watch the therapist while the therapist demonstrates the exercises. After the therapist performs the exercise on himself, the patient must see the therapist via a laptop camera and then perform the same activity again.
1. Free exercises: 1\. Wrist flexion and extension 2. Wrist side movement 3. Thumb flexion and extension 4-Finger opposition 5. Palm up and down 2. Ball exercises: 1. Ball grip 2. Finger flexion 3. Thumb extend 4. The pinch exercise 5. Opposition 6- Side squeeze 7\. Extend out 3. Household exercises 1. Roll movement 2. Wrist curl 3. Extending the wrist 4. Pen exercises 1. Pinch and release 2. Pen spine 5. Exercises with coins 1. Coin drop 2. Coin stacking
Al Ryada University for Science and Technology
Sadat, Menoufia, Egypt
The Nine Hole Peg Test
Used to evaluate hemiparetic patients' finger dexterity
Time frame: 12 weeks
Fugl Myer Upper extremities
Intended to assess the motor functioning and impairment of stroke patients
Time frame: 12 weeks
Montreal Cognitive Assessment
Intended to identify moderate cognitive impairment and assess the various cognitive functions of stroke patients
Time frame: 12 weeks
REHACOM system
a software program made for diagnosing and treating patients with cognitive impairments. Figural memory (FM), attention concentration (AC), reaction behavior (RB), and logical reasoning (LR) are their four categories
Time frame: 12 weeks
Beck's Depression Inventory
a screening tool for depression and a means of determining the severity of depression
Time frame: 12 weeks
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