Multimodal Correction of Post-stroke Motor and Cognitive Impairments

Multimodal Correction of Post-stroke Motor and Cognitive Impairments With the Integrated Use of Innovative Digital Technologies, Biofeedback, Virtual Reality, a Neurointerface With Cardiovascular Risks Monitoring in an Outpatient Clinic

The aim of the study is the development and scientific substantiation of the effectiveness and safety of multimodal rehabilitation technology using innovative digital technologies, biofeedback (BFB), virtual reality (VR), neurointerface for the restoration of stato-locomotor disorders, neuromuscular control of upper limb movements and cognitive functions in patients with ischemic stroke (IS) in different recovery periods with rehabilitation risks control in outpatient clinic.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Stroke Rehabilitation
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Multimodal technology (MT); Other: Conventional rehabilitation (CR)

Detailed Description

The object of the study The study will include 90 patients (men and women) with the diagnosis of ischemic stroke (IS) in the early recovery (up to 6 months) and late recovery (6-12 months) periods with stato-locomotor disturbances, dysfunction (violation of neuromuscular movement control) of the upper limb (UL), mild or moderate cognitive impairment.

Patients will be randomly assigned to one of three experimental groups - 2 main groups in the early (30 patients) and in the late recovery period (30 patients) of IS and 1 comparison group (30 patients) in the early and late recovery periods of IS.

Each participant of the study will be assigned an ordinal number. Patients of the 1st and 2nd main groups are planned to undergo a rehabilitation course with multimodal correction, depending on the severity of functional and neuropsychological disturbances with the use of FBF-stabilometric training, cognitive-motor training with double and triple tasks in a virtual environment, functional individually programmed stimulation of antagonist muscles of the lower limb (FES), training of subject-manipulative activity for the restoration of fine hand movements on the glove simulator "SensoRehab"; when severe and moderate paresis of the upper limb, the neurointerface "Exokist-3" with EEG registration will be used.

The mode of application of multimodal correction technology: 15 procedures, 2-3 times a week, the duration of the course is 5-8 weeks. The total duration of one procedure is 2-3 hours a day.

Multimodal correction technology will not be included in the rehabilitation program of patients in the comparison group.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 90
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Liudmila V Petrova, PhD; Phone Number: +79163940742; Email: ludmila.v.petrova@yandex.ru
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Elena V Kostenko, MD; Phone Number: +79057685856; Email: ekostenko58@mail.ru

Study Locations

• Russian Federation
  • Moscow, Russian Federation, 105120
    • Moscow Scientific and Practical Center of Medical Rehabilitation, Restorative and Sports Medicine, branch 7

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 45 years to 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Men or women aged 45 to 70 years after a first-onset IS, early (1-6 months), late recovery (6-12 months) periods.
2. Supratentorial IS according to MRI of the brain.
3. The severity of UL paresis ranged from a score of 4 to 3 according to the Medical Research Council Scale (MRCS).20
4. Spasticity of 2 points or less by the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS)
5. Cognitive function more than 20 points on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)
6. Affective disorders score less than 11 on the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
7. The patient's ability and willingness to comply with the requirements of this protocol.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Concomitant neurological diseases causing decreased muscle strength or increased muscle tone in the UL (e.g., cerebral palsy, brain injury).
2. Clinically significant limitation of the passive movement amplitude in the joints of the investigated hand, pronounced contracture and deformities of the upper extremity.
3. Use of other DIT, BFB techniques to restore impaired UL function within 30 days prior to the patient Inclusion Visit.
4. Severe visual impairment, decreased visual acuity of less than 0.2 in the worst eye according to the Golovin-Sivtsev Table24.
5. Sensory aphasia, gross motor aphasia.
6. Recurrent stroke.
7. Epilepsy
8. Unstable angina and/or heart attack in previous month.
9. Uncontrolled arterial hypertension.
10. Somatic diseases in decompensation stage.
11. Thrombosis of deep and superficial veins of the lower extremities
12. The presence of left-handedness in the patient according to the Edinburgh manual asymmetry questionnaire
13. Alcohol abuse, medical marijuana use or soft drug abuse within the 12 months prior to the Inclusion Visit.
14. Any medical condition, including mental disease or epilepsy that could affect the interpretation of study results, the study procedures or patient safety.

15 Pregnancy. 16. Lactation.

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Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: MT in early recovery period of IS; Patients in early recovery period of IS receive a course of rehabilitation with multimodal correction using BFB-stabilometric training, cognitive-motor training in a virtual environment (VR), functional individually programmed stimulation of antagonist muscles of the lower limb (FES), subject-manipulative activity training to restore fine movements of the hand on a glove simulator "SensoRehab", if moderate paresis of the upper limb - the neurointerface "Exokist-3" with EEG registration.	Other: Multimodal technology (MT); Patients will receive a course of rehabilitation with multimodal correction using BOS-stabilometric training, cognitive-motor training with double and triple tasks once a day for the affected hand, virtual reality, functional individually programmed stimulation of antagonist muscles of the lower limb (FES), subject-manipulative activity training to restore fine movements of the hand on a glove simulator "SensoRehab", in moderate paresis of the upper limb, the neurointerface "Exokist-3" with EEG registration will be used. The program for IS patients includes 15 sessions with the MT: 15-30 minutes every method 2-3 times a week, 5-8 weeks.The total duration of one procedure is 2-3 hours.
Experimental: MT in late recovery period of IS; Patients in late recovery period of IS receive a course of rehabilitation with multimodal correction using BFB-stabilometric training, cognitive-motor training in a virtual environment (VR), functional individually programmed stimulation of antagonist muscles of the lower limb (FES), subject-manipulative activity training to restore fine movements of the hand on a glove simulator "SensoRehab", if moderate paresis of the upper limb - the neurointerface "Exokist-3" with EEG registration.	Other: Multimodal technology (MT); Patients will receive a course of rehabilitation with multimodal correction using BOS-stabilometric training, cognitive-motor training with double and triple tasks once a day for the affected hand, virtual reality, functional individually programmed stimulation of antagonist muscles of the lower limb (FES), subject-manipulative activity training to restore fine movements of the hand on a glove simulator "SensoRehab", in moderate paresis of the upper limb, the neurointerface "Exokist-3" with EEG registration will be used. The program for IS patients includes 15 sessions with the MT: 15-30 minutes every method 2-3 times a week, 5-8 weeks.The total duration of one procedure is 2-3 hours.
Active Comparator: No MT Intervention: Conventional IS rehabilitation; Patients in early and late recovery period of IS recieve conventional complex rehabilitation: kinesiotherapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy.	Other: Conventional rehabilitation (CR); The patients will recieve Conventional rehabilitation technology (physiotherapy, kinesiotherapy, occupational therapy. The program for IS patients includes 15 sessions with the CR: 15-30 minutes every method 2-3 times a week, 5-8 weeks.The total duration of one procedure is 2-3 hours.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Fugl-Meyer Upper Extremity Scale (FMA-UE) dynamic	The FMA UE Scale comprises 33 items, each scored on a scale of0 to 2, where 0 = cannot perform, 1 = performs partially and2 = performs fully. It is free, requires only household items fortesting, and takes up to 30 minutes to administer. Changes in sections A-D of the FMA-UE Scale by 7 points or more are considered as efficacy.	Baseline, day 7, day 15 of MT and 6 weeks after completing training
Action Research Arm Test (ARAT) Scale dynamic	The Action Research Arm Test (ARAT) is a 19 item observational measures. Items comprising the ARAT are categorized into four subscales (grasp, grip, pinch and gross movement) and arranged in order of decreasing difficulty, with the most difficult task examined first, followed by the least difficult task. Task performance is rated on a 4-point scale, ranging from 0 (no movement) to 3 (movement performed normally). Changes in the total ARAT Scale score by 4 points or more more are considered as efficacy.	Baseline, day 7, day 15 of MT and 6 weeks after completing training
Change from Baseline in 10 Metre Walk Test	The individual walks without assistance for 10 meters, with the time measured for the intermediate 6 meters to allow for acceleration and deceleration. The total time taken to ambulate 6 meters is recorded Timing starts when the toes pass the 2-meter mark Timing stops when the toes pass the 8-meter mark	Baseline, day 7, day 15 of MT and 6 weeks after completing training
Change from Baseline in Tinetti test	The Tinetti-test is used to assess the gait and balance, perception of balance and stability during activities of daily living.The Tinetti test has a gait score and a balance score. It uses a 3-point ordinal scale of 0, 1 and 2. Gait is scored over 12 and balance is scored over 16 totalling 28. The lower the score on the Tinetti test, the higher the risk of falling.	Baseline, day 7, day 15 of MT and 6 weeks after completing training
Changes in cognitive status	Assesment by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment scale (МоСА). MoCA is scored out of 30. A cut-off score of 26 signifies mild cognitive impairment.	Baseline, day 7, day 15 of MT and 6 weeks after completing training
Change from Baseline of Presence and severity of depression and anxiety	The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Changes in HADS anxiety and depression scores.The HADS is a fourteen item scale that generates: Seven of the items relate to anxiety and seven relate to depression.Each item on the questionnaire is scored from 0-3 and this means that a person can score between 0 and 21 for either anxiety or depression.8-10 - points subclinically expressed anxiety / depression 11 points and above - clinically expressed anxiety / depression.	Baseline, day 7, day 15 of MT and 6 weeks after completing training
Restoration of CNS function	Concentration of human brain neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the blood serum of patients by solid-phase enzyme immunoassay	Baseline, day 15 of MT

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Percentage of correctly performed tasks	percentage of correctly performed tasks while training	Baseline, day 7, day 15
change in the paresis degree ин the 6-point Medical Research Council Scale for assessing muscle strength: MRCS	The 6-point Medical Research Council Scale for assessing. The patient's effort is graded on a scale of 0-5. Grade 5: Muscle contracts normally against full resistance.Grade 0: No movement is observed. Grade 4 - light paresis. Grade 3 - moderate paresis. Grades 1-2 - severe paresis. The best result is 5, deterioration - a decrease in the indicator on the scale	Baseline, day 7, day 15 of MT and 6 weeks after completing training
Changes in spasticity severity	Modified Ashworth Scale: MAS (0 to 4 points). Scoring: 0 No increase in tone (the best point); 4 limb rigid in flexion or extension (the worse outcome)	Baseline, day 7, day 15 of MT and 6 weeks after completing training
Changes in level of impairment or dependence in daily life	Barthel Index.The Barthel Scale/Index (BI) is an ordinal scale used to measure performance in activities of daily living (ADL). Ten variables describing ADL and mobility are scored, a higher number being a reflection of greater ability to function independently following hospital discharge.Each item is rated in terms of whether the patient can perform the task independently, with some assistance, or is dependent on help based on observation (0=unable, 1=needs help, 2=independent). The final score is x 5 to get a number on a 100 point score. Proposed guidelines for interpreting Barthel scores are that scores of 0-20 indicate "total" dependency, 21-60 indicate "severe" dependency, 61-90 indicate "moderate" dependency, and 91-99 indicates "slight" dependency.	Baseline, day 7, day 15 of MT and 6 weeks after completing training
Changes of Life quality assessment	European Quality of Life Questionnaire EuroQol EQ-5D-5L (version 1.0, 2011 in combination with the visual analogue scale). Health State: The respondent classifies his or her prevailing state of health by selecting one of three different levels of problem severity within each of five health domains. The levels are none, moderate and severe/extreme (coded 1 through 3, respectively), whilst the domains are mobility, capacity for self-care, conduct of usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression, ordered as such. Evaluation: The respondent then evaluates his or her health using a visual analogue scale (VAS). This is a vertical, calibrated, line, bounded at 0 ("worst imaginable health state") and at 100 ("best imaginable health state"). Respondents indicate where they perceive their present state of health to lie, relative to these anchors.	Baseline, day 7, day 15 of MT and 6 weeks after completing training
Canges in Rehabilitation routing scale.	The rehabilitation Routing Scale (SRM), developed by the Ministry of Health of Russia has six points: The absence of significant disorders of vital activity, despite the existing symptoms of the disease; Slight restriction of vital activity; Restriction of vital activity, moderate in its severity; Pronounced restriction of vital activity; Gross violation of vital processes; Violation of vital activity of extreme severity An improvement is considered to be a decrease in the score on the scale.	Baseline, day 15 of MT and 6 weeks after completing training
Changes by international scale of functioning, disability and health (ISF)	A generic qualifier scale can be used to record the extent of the problem for each identified impairment, activity limitation and participation restriction. Environmental factors can also be qualified as either barriers or facilitators. Improvement - reduction of the qualifier's score in the selected domain	Baseline, day 15 of MT and 6 weeks after completing training

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of participants with abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG) readings	Cases of ECG deviations during the MT session are taken into account (for example, ST segment changes, occurrence of arrhythmia, QT Interval)	Baseline, day 1-15 of MT
Number of participants with abnormal electroencephalogram (EEG) readings	Cases of ECG deviations during the MT session are taken into account (paroxysmal activity)	Baseline, day 15 of MT

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Moscow Scientific and Practical Center of Medical Rehabilitation, Restorative and Sports Medicine
• Collaborators: Moscow Government
• Investigators: Study Director: Elena V Kostenko, PhD, D. Sс (Medicine), Moscow scientific and practical center of medical rehabilitation, restorative and sports medicine of the Department of health of the city of Moscow, branch 7

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 17, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): May 31, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): May 31, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 18, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 22, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): May 26, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 14, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 12, 2023
• Last Verified: September 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: biofeedback; artificial intelligence; virtual reality; ischemic stroke rehabilitation; post-stroke dysfunction of the hand; cognitive disfunction; neurointerface; smart glove; cardiology risk control; upper limb medical rehabilitation; digital interactive technology
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Cardiovascular Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Neurocognitive Disorders; Cognition Disorders; Stroke; Cognitive Dysfunction
• Other Study ID Numbers: 1/17.03.2022

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No