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The study aims to inform the subsequent large-scale clinical trial focused on using telerehabilitation techniques and technologies to improve upper limb function and quality of life.


Clinical Trial Description

Upper limb (UL) function is often impaired and not fully recovered after moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), leading to devastating consequences and reducing quality of life. Clinicians have been encouraged to include UL rehabilitation, but existing evidence is insufficient to inform specific treatments for the TBI population. There is urgency to broaden the scientific evidence critical to advancing UL rehabilitation for TBI survivors, especially those living in the community with chronic UL impairment. The study will examine two UL exercise programs through tele-rehabilitation (TeleRehab) techniques. Both programs are focused on functional tasks and daily activities. One program is implemented directly in the real-life home environment, the home-based arm and hand exercise (HAHE) program. The other program is delivered through simulated real-world scenarios, the exercise video game (Exergame) program. The HAHE program consists of UL exercises based on real-life activities that involve materials and objects readily available at home or easily obtained in regular stores. The Exergame program packages UL exercises into game-like activities delivered through a non-immersive virtual reality device. Individuals with chronic UL impairment after moderate-to-severe TBI will participate in the proposed study. They will be randomly assigned to the HAHE or the Exergame program. Patients will complete 30 sessions of the assigned program over 6 weeks at home, with no immediate supervision. An occupational therapist will review the progress, assist in goal setting, and provide consultation to patients at the beginning of each week via a video call. The investigators will determine which of the programs is effective, and whether the programs lead to similar or different outcomes. ;


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NCT number NCT06184932
Study type Interventional
Source Kessler Foundation
Contact Emma Kaplan
Phone 973-243-6880
Email ekaplan@kesslerfoundation.org
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date April 1, 2023
Completion date March 31, 2025

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