Development of an Personalized Hand Orthosis for Daily Assistance
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Diseases of the nervous system
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
Subjects who are in the chronic phase after stroke(6 months after the occurrence).
Subjects who can communicate, follow instructions, answer a questionnaire, and consents to experiment.
Subjects who have cognitive ability(MMSE(Mini Mental Status Exam) score>17).
Subjects who can passively move fingers of the affected hand.
Subjects who have limited finger range of motion of the affected hand.
Exclusion Criteria
Research director's students and affiliated researchers
Inpatients
Subjects who have problems in communication and cognitive ability
Subjects who are difficult to wear the orthosis due to the other orthopedic brace
Subjects who have peripheral vascular disease in the affected hand
Subjects who have no sensory feedback in the affected hand
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Range of motion of the finger, grip strength, and ADL(activities of daily living) performance
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Deformation of the orthosis during the use