Wearable Device for Motivating Hand Use After Stroke

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Conditions studied: Cerebral Stroke

In brief

The goal of this study is to determine the effectiveness of interactive feedback from a wearable device that senses hand function, the Manumeter, in improving upper extremity function in a pilot, randomized controlled trial with chronic stroke patients

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03084705

Run by

University of California, Irvine

People needed

17

Starts

2018-03-07

Expected to finish

2020-01-13

Last updated by the study team

2021-03-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 18 to 80 years of age
• Experienced one or multiple strokes at least six months previously
• Upper Extremity Fugl-Meyer Score < 60 out of 66
• Absence of moderate to severe upper limb pain (< 3 on the a 10 point visual-analog pain scale)
• Ability to understand the instructions to operate the device

You may not qualify if…

• 80 years of age and above
• Implanted pacemaker
• moderate to severe pain in affected arm
• severe tone in affected arm as measured on a standard clinical scale
• language problem that would prevent from properly understanding instructions
• currently pregnant
• difficulty in understanding or complying with the instructions given by the experimenter
• inability to perform the experimental task that will be studied

Where it is running

• University of California, Irvine — Irvine, California, United States

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