A Pilot Study Investigating the Feasibility of Using a Functional Tone Management (F.T.M.) Arm Training Program With the SaeboFlex Dynamic Hand Orthosis on an Inpatient Population
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 24
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Hand grip strength (measured using dynamometry)
研究概览
简要总结
Study Objectives:
- To document the safe and effective application of the F.T.M. Arm Training Program using the SaeboFlex to an inpatient post stroke rehabilitation population.
- To compare functional improvements in hand and UE use achieved with the F.T.M. program as compared to generally applied therapeutic treatment approaches.
- To develop recommendations for an inpatient retraining protocol that could then be evaluated in a multi-center trial.
- To document the retention of UE and hand improvements after SaeboFlex training is discontinued as well as the carry over of these gains into daily function after therapy has been discontinued.
详细描述
Therapeutic interventions for the recovery of hand function after a neurological injury have historically been very limited. A significant body of research now supports the use of an upper extremity retraining approach for functional recovery after neurological injury. Few therapeutic approaches offer any intervention specifically focused on grasp and release retraining. In an effort to address this deficit, the SaeboFlex dynamic hand orthosis was developed by occupational therapists. The F.T.M. Arm Training Program has been safely used by hundreds of occupational and physical therapists on over one thousand patients in outpatient neurological rehabilitation over the past two years. It is currently an accepted modality of treatment for the management of hand paresis in the acquired brain injury population. During that time, two factors, other than the severity of the initial injury, were identified as having a significant affect on the outcomes achieved in treatment. They are learned non-use and soft tissue shortening of the finger flexors. All treatment delivered to the subjects that partake in this study will be clinical care and the only research component of this study will be the assessment of outcomes. The purpose of this study is to explore the proper treatment dosage and treatment protocol for the application of the F.T.M. Program to the inpatient post stroke rehabilitation population. Additionally, information on functional outcome measures will be collected and compared to a matched control group that undergoes the standard therapeutic protocol.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •18 years of age or older,
- •Must be seen within three full working days of admission for screening
- •Alert and Oriented to person and place with the ability to complete at a minimum a one step verbal command,
- •Demonstrated active range of motion of 10 degrees shoulder flexion / abduction and 10 degrees of elbow flexion / extension
- •1/4 range of volitional finger flexion when the affected hand is passively positioned in a minimum of 15degrees of wrist extension with the MCP's at neutral and PIP's / DIP's in extension
- •Patient must be independent with seated posture in a chair with a firm seat and back support but no arm rests
- •Patient can maintain independent seated balance when unaffected upper extremity is fully outstretched in any direction
- •Admitted to inpatient stroke rehabilitation at Kessler Institute
排除标准
- •Inpatient physician unwilling to clear patient to participate
- •Medically unsuitable for therapeutic intervention,
- •Using the affected hand and arm, able to volitionally grasp and release a racquet ball x10 at maximal volitional shoulder flexion with wrist extension of 10 degrees or more.
- •Flaccidity in the affected UE or hand
- •Fixed joint deformities, contractures or joint hypermobility that prevents proper joint positioning in the orthosis.
- •Hx of rheumatoid arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome or other hand neuropathy
- •Moderate to severe weeping or pitting edema
- •No previous stroke prior to the one prompting admission
结局指标
主要结局
Hand grip strength (measured using dynamometry)
时间窗: At admission and at discharge
次要结局
- Stroke Impact Scale Score(At admission and at discharge)
- Length of Stay (days)(The duration of the subject's inpatient hospital stay.)
- Action Research Arm Test Score(At admission and at discharge)
- Ashworth Assessment (Upper Extremity) Scores(At admission and at discharge)
- Fugl-Meyer Assessment (Upper Extremity) Scores(At admission and at discharge)
- Goniometric Range of Motion Evaluation, Passive and Active (Shoulder, Elbow, and Wrist)(At admission and at discharge)
- Assessment of Active Range of Motion (Fingers, as ¼ range, ½ range, ¾ range or full range)(At admission and at discharge)