CUHK Jockey Club HOPE 4 Care Programme - Hand of Hope

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Stroke
• Interventions: Device: EMG-driven

• Registration Number: NCT03808415
• Lead Sponsor: Chinese University of Hong Kong

Brief 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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-12-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-01-15
• Study First Posted: 2019-01-17
• Study Start: 2019-02-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-07-31
• Study Completion: 2022-07-31
• Status Verified: 2022-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-10-19
• Last Update Posted: 2022-10-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 111

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
EMG-driven	EMG-driven	The hand training system functions as a biofeedback device which surface electromyography (EMG) sensors are used to capture the user's own muscle signals to activate the system for moving his/her paretic hand.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Action Research Arm Test (ARAT)	3-month follow-up
Fugl-Meyer Assessment Upper Extremity (FMA-UE)	3-month follow-up
Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT)	3-month follow-up

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS)	3-month follow-up

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Hong Kong