Transforming Robot-mediated Telerehabilitation: Citizen Science for Rehabilitation

NCT ID: NCT03096262

Last Updated: 2025-07-11

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 20 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-04-27
• Study Completion Date: 2025-05-21

Brief Summary

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).

Conditions

Hemiparesis; Stroke

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: DEVICE_FEASIBILITY
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Stroke Patients

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Citizen Science intervention using kinect

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Users are asked to tag objects on a screen

Interventions

Citizen Science intervention using kinect

Users are asked to tag objects on a screen

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

For treatment group:

• post-stroke hemiparesis >3 months
• ability to stand or sit independently
• sufficient cognitive skills to perform the exercises as demonstrated
• full passive range of motion in the affected arm but limited active movement as determined by a upper extremity Fugl-Meyer score of <50/66
• technical savvy and interest to use an internet platform

For control group:

(ii) no history of learning disabilities (iii) technical savvy and interest to use an internet platform

Exclusion Criteria

For treatment group:

• visual deficit such as deficit in visual acuity, eye movements, visual field cut, or neglect
• medical comorbidity such as other neurological conditions (e.g. Parkinson's disease, brain tumor, epilepsy), or previous injury to the upper limb
• pain in the upper limbs that prevents full passive range of motion to perform the exercises.

For control group:

• visual deficit such as deficit in visual acuity, eye movements, visual field cut, or neglect
• any previous injury or medical condition that prevents full passive range of motion to perform the exercises.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

National Science Foundation

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Foundation for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Johns Hopkins University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Preeti Raghavan, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Johns Hopkins University

Locations

Matthew Bird

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

IRB00225650

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id