CUHK Jockey Club HOPE 4 Care Programme - Hand of Hope

Stroke Clinical Trial

Official title:

Jockey Club Tech-based Stroke Rehabilitation Programme - Hand of Hope

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03808415
• Other study ID #: 2018.399
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: October 2022
• Source: Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust has supported CUHK to launch a three-year project 'CUHK Jockey Club HOPE4Care Programme' to implement four evidence-based advanced rehabilitation technologies in 40 local elderly day care centres and rehabilitation centres, to benefit the community. The interactive intention-driven hand training robotic system is used for neuromuscular rehabilitation of the hand and forearm. This can help stroke survivors to regain their hand functions through motor relearning.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 111
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: July 31, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• at least six months after the onset of a unilateral ischemic brain injury or intracerebral haemorrhage
• upper-limb motor impairments due to stroke
• metacarpophalangeal and proximal interphalangeal joints of fingers can be extended to 180 degree passively
• spasticity during extension at the finger joints is lower than 3 as measured by the Modified Ashworth Scale
• detectable voluntary EMG signals from the flexor digitorum and extensor digitorum muscles of the paretic hand
• have sufficient cognition to follow the experimental instructions

Exclusion Criteria:

• have other neurological, neuromuscular, and orthopedic diseases
• have shoulder or arm contracture/pain

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Stroke

Intervention

Device:
• EMG-driven
The EMG signals are processed and can be visualized with visual feedback to make sure the user actively engaging throughout a therapy session.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Hong Kong	Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Chinese University of Hong Kong	The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Hong Kong, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Action Research Arm Test (ARAT)		3-month follow-up
Primary	Fugl-Meyer Assessment Upper Extremity (FMA-UE)		3-month follow-up
Primary	Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT)		3-month follow-up
Secondary	Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS)		3-month follow-up