Outpatient and Home Advanced Rehabilitation Therapeutics Using Jintronix Virtual Reality Telerehabilitation System

Not Applicable

Completed

Conditions: Stroke

Interventions: Device: Jintronix Virtual Reality Telerehabilitation System

Registration Number: NCT04333758

Lead Sponsor: Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Brief Summary: The use of virtual reality technology in a telerehabilitation service is not well established in Singapore. This feasibility trial aims to evaluate the benefits of using Jintronix to deliver a clinic-to-home, caregiver-supervised and individualised exercise telerehabilitation program to complement outpatient services and improve clinical outcomes for post-stroke users.

Detailed Description: With the emphasis on improving population health, reducing the need for hospital care, and promoting self-management, it will be beneficial to make good use of current available technologies to complement centre-based therapy with cost effectiveness and efficiency.

One mode of such care delivery to a patient's home is through a telerehabilitation system that enables remote monitoring of patients' participation and performance in individualised home exercises. In addition, timely review and adjustments in the home programs to cater to progress or changes in patients' performance can be carried out by therapists remotely.

In the recent years, there has been an increased utilisation of virtual reality applications in physical rehabilitation for specific training objectives, such as, movement retraining, balance control and strength training. Virtual reality exercises when prescribed with defined training objectives and duration can potentially be valuable to increase patients' training intensity in the comfort of their own homes.

The majority of patients receiving outpatient and home based rehabilitation at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) Rehabilitation Centre (RC) and Centre for Advanced Rehabilitation Therapeutics (CART) are patients who have had a stroke. Hence this group of outpatients that are at least 3 months post-stroke will be recruited for this trial. It is hypothesized that they will benefit from increased intensity of upper limb, balance and/or gait rehabilitation with Jintronix telerehabilitation system that facilitates them to further exercise at home and not just at the clinic.

The study is thus designed to evaluate the feasibility of a novel telerehabilitation service based on the Jintronix Virtual Reality Platform to complement existing outpatient therapy services of TTSH RC (including its outpatient service arm at CART).

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: COMPLETED

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 35

Inclusion Criteria

patients with motor deficits due to stroke as diagnosed by CT or MRI, who are attending outpatient rehabilitation services at Tan Tock Seng Hospital Rehabilitation Centre and Centre for Advanced Rehabilitation Therapeutics
post stroke of at least 3 months with stable neurological status
21-75 years old
able to perform at minimal level of assistance (i.e. carer provides only up to 25% of physical support) for sitting, standing and/or walking tasks
has a primary caregiver that must be present in all trial sessions
able to understand and participate in a 15 minutes Jintronix trial during screening

Exclusion Criteria

has seizure history
has severe cognitive deficits, perceptual deficits, and/or emotional-behavioural issues
has unstable medical conditions which may affect participation (e.g unresolved sepsis, postural hypotension, end stage renal failure) or anticipated life expectancy of <1 year due to malignancy or neurodegenerative disorder
has pain score of >5
is pregnant or breastfeeding
has known poor cardiac ejection fraction (<30%) or lung function (FEV1<30%)
has non-weight bearing status in either lower extremities
has caregiver who is unable to meet competency requirements as assessed by study team

Study & Design

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Jintronix Intervention	Jintronix Virtual Reality Telerehabilitation System	2 consecutive phases of intervention for all participants using Jintronix virtual reality telerehabilitation software. Phase 1 consisted of 9 (3/week for 3 weeks) 45-min/session clinic-based sessions conducted by study team therapist, with concurrent caregiver training. Phase 2 consisted of 20 (5/week for 4 weeks) 45min/session home-based sessions supervised by trained caregiver, with telemonitoring by study team therapist.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
6 Minute Walk Test	Week 11	Measures endurance inferred from distance measured directly via distance markers placed on ground, as the participant walked up and down repeatedly on a flat ground walking track for a duration of 6 minutes. Higher distance covered by participant in this 6 minutes indicates a better outcome of higher endurance. There is no lower and upper distance limits set for this measure.
10 Meter Walk Test	Week 11	Measures walking speed as participant walked on a flat ground walking track of 10 metres. Walking speed is calcuated by dividing 10 metres over time taken by a stopwatch. Faster walking speed indicates a better outcome. There is no lower and upper walking speed limits set for this measure.
Fugl Meyer Upper Limb Motor Assessment	Week 11	Measures motor impairment of upper limb recovery from a neurological insult. Range of scores from 0-66 points. Total score of 66 points with higher scores indicating better arm motor functions.
Berg Balance Scale	Week 11	Measures static and dynamic balance abilities. Range of scores from 0-56 points. Total score of 56 points with higher scores indicating better balance functions.
Numerical Pain Score	Week 11	Measures pain subjectively from participant's rating. Scale is from 0 (indicating no pain experienced) to 10 (indicating worst pain experienced).
Berg Balance Scale Score	Week 7	Measures static and dynamic balance abilities. Range of scores from 0-56 points. Total score of 56 points with higher scores indicating better balance functions.
Stroke Self-Efficacy Questionnaire	Week 11	Measures a stroke survivor's perceived level of confidence in functional performance. Each of the 13 questions is scored on a 10-point scale (i.e. 0-10) with 0 indicating "Not At All Confident" and 10 indicating "Very Confident". The points from the 13 questions are then added to get a total score, with a minimum score of 0 and a maximum score of 130. Higher score reflects a better outcome..