Fine Motor Function Deficit and Visual Neglect Post-stroke Clinical Trial
Official title:
iPad Technology for HOME Rehabilitation in Patients After Stroke: iHOME Acute/Chronic
A pilot randomized, two parallel group study comparing an iPad software game application
versus standard care in post-stroke patients.
Study hypothesis: Tablet PC technology using the iPad is a feasible and potentially
efficacious tool which has the potential to promote fine motor recovery of the upper
extremity after stroke.
The standard one hour of out-patient rehabilitation is insufficient in providing the
repetitive intense training required for rehabilitation of fine motor recovery. There are
also limited interventions are available for home use after discharge from a rehabilitation
centre. Hence, there is now a need to determine the feasibility of innovative strategies for
home use, to cover the gap after discharge from rehabilitation institutions.
iHOME is an original, low cost, potentially high impact intervention to fulfil this gap. If
proven to be effective, the use of tablet technology has a broad range of potential outcomes
and benefits. The anticipated public benefit is for stroke patients to be able to potentially
employ the iPad, an accessible technological device, as an expansion of rehabilitation in an
in-home setting.
iHOME is a pilot randomized controlled trial with a blinded outcome assessment. The trial is
subdivided into iHOME Acute and iHOME Chronic, where patients have had a stroke less than 3
months or more than 6 months ago, respectively, at the time of randomization. Participants
will be randomly allocated in a 1:1 ratio to the interventions arms (i.e. the investigational
and control group).
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