Effectiveness of Tele-rehabilitation Apply to Stroke Inpatient

Stroke Clinical Trial

Official title: Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation Applied to Post-stroke Hospitalized Patients -A Randomized Controlled Trial

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Our study is aimed to explore the differences in effects on the motor function and general condition after telerehabilitation for inpatients with stroke.

Clinical Trial Description

Background: Most patients after stroke suffer from poor motor recovery and difficulty in performing activities of daily living. Early intervention has a better prognosis for them. However, patients may miss the regular rehabilitation programs due to Covid-19. Tele-rehabilitation could be a substitution for regular rehabilitation in epidemic situation, by which patients after stroke could have a functional improvement in upper limb motions, ADLs, and complex activities. Furthermore, there is no evidence yet of the effectiveness of telerehabilitation applied to inpatients after stroke.

Purposes: This study is aimed to know if telerehabilitation could improve the motor function and general condition in inpatients after stroke and to explore the intervention methods for telerehabilitation.

Methods: Inpatients after stroke would be recruited from a hospital of a medical university in Northern Taiwan. They will be divided into the telerehabilitation group (n = 12) and the bedside rehabilitation group (n = 12). Each patient will go on treatment in 10 sections, and each section is 15 or to 30 minutes. A single-blinded evaluator will do the pre-and post-evaluation during the treatment. The evaluations include the Postural Assessment Scale for Stroke Patients (PASS), Functional ambulation category (FAC), Modified Barthel index (MBI), Patient health questionnaire-9 (PHQ9), and Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE). In the end, a satisfaction questionnaire will be given.

Data analysis: Nonparametric tests will be used in the comparison of the pre-and post-evaluation data intergroup. The analysis will be carried out using SPSS Statistic (v20.0) and α < .05.

Key words: tele-rehabilitation, stroke, inpatients ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Stroke

• NCT number: NCT04983004
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Taipei Medical University Shuang Ho Hospital
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 20, 2021
• Completion date: July 1, 2022