Telerehabilitation for the Hand and Arm After Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury

NCT ID: NCT00295399

Last Updated: 2008-08-13

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL

Brief Summary

The goal of this project is to develop a low-cost, user-friendly, portable telerehabilitation system for physical therapy of the upper limb after stroke or traumatic brain injury. The system is based on the use of a commercially available force feedback joystick and will work with an ordinary home PC and a standard high-speed internet connection. Using the joystick, the patient will perform exercises designed to aid in recovering motor function of the hand and arm. The joystick will be programmed to either assist or resist the patient's movements. The system will include sophisticated analysis of patient status and progress to provide the therapist and physician with detailed information. In the first phase of the study, we will develop the system in cooperation with the physical therapy staff and other rehabilitation specialists. The investigators will examine the usability, comfort, safety and therapeutic benefit of the system. In the second phase of the study, the investigators will employ the system in patients' homes, using the internet to connect to rehabilitation specialists in the clinic. The study hypothesis is that it is possible to adapt commercially available, low cost gaming equipment such as force feedback joysticks to provide therapy for patients in their own homes, and that patients will be able to work with this system and will find it enjoyable and helpful for recovering motor function.

Conditions

Cerebrovascular Accident; Traumatic Brain Injury

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Interventions

The Jerusalem Telerehabilitation System

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Post-cerebrovascular accident or post-traumatic brain injury
• In medically stable condition
• Resident in Israel

Note: In addition there will be healthy, age-matched volunteers

Exclusion Criteria

• History of psychiatric illness
• Grade of less than 23 in the Mini-Mental Test
• Inability to understand informed consent form
• Inability to follow 3-step instructions
• Pregnancy
• Receptive aphasia

• Minimum Eligible Age: 20 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 80 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Ono Academic College

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Ono Academic College

Principal Investigators

Heidi Sugarman, Ph.D.

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Ono Academic College

Joseph Tiran, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel

Ehud Dayan, BSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Sonarion Hadassah Virtual Reality Center

Locations

Hadassah Medical Organization

Jerusalem, , Israel

Chaim Sheba Medical Center

Tel Litwinsky, , Israel

Countries

Israel

Central Contacts

Heidi Sugarman, Ph.D.

Role: CONTACT

hsugarman@hakirya.ac.il

972-2652-4495

References

Sugarman H, Dayan E, Weisel-Eichler A, Tiran J. The Jerusalem TeleRehabilitation System, a new low-cost, haptic rehabilitation approach. Cyberpsychol Behav. 2006 Apr;9(2):178-82. doi: 10.1089/cpb.2006.9.178.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 16640475 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

JTRS001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id