EMG-Directed Virtual-Reality Training for Motor Stroke Rehabilitation
Pilot Study of EMG-Directed Virtual-Reality Experience Training for Motor Stroke Rehabilitation
This study is testing whether rehabilitation using muscle activity signals can help improve arm and hand movement in people after stroke or spinal cord injury.
In the main study, participants will use a virtual-reality feedback system that is controlled by surface electromyography (EMG). Surface EMG uses sensors placed on the skin to detect muscle activity. The feedback will help participants practise upper limb movements during rehabilitation.
A related sub-study will run alongside the main study. In this sub-study, functional electrical stimulation will also be used to help activate muscles during training.
The study will assess whether these rehabilitation approaches improve upper limb function. It will also explore whether changes in biological or movement-related markers are linked with recovery.
Aperçu de l'étude
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Les conditions
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- N'est pas applicable
Contacts et emplacements
Lieux d'étude
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London, Royaume-Uni
- Recrutement
- Charing Cross Hospital
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Contact:
- Paul Bentley, PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience
- Numéro de téléphone: +44 2088467383
- E-mail: p.bentley@imperial.ac.uk
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Critères de participation
Critère d'éligibilité
Critère d'éligibilité
Âges éligibles pour étudier
- Adulte
- Adulte plus âgé
Accepte les volontaires sains
La description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Aged 18 or over
- Cognitive status that would permit for use /supported use of intervention device and engagement in protocol related trainings/assessment. To be indicated by treating clinician at point of screening, formal capacity assessment to be conducted as appropriate. Refer to easy read patient information sheet (PIS) and training materials to support all patients presenting with specific cognitive and/or communication needs.
- (We do not wish to exclude patients with cognitive impairment as this would limit the heterogeneity of our sample and generalizability of our findings, given the prevalence of cognitive impairment in stroke patients.)
- Stroke diagnosis (can be first or subsequent stroke, unilateral haemorrhagic or ischemic) 2 weeks max post stroke at time of recruitment.
- Can communicate in English, that is, sufficient for completion of intervention and outcome measures. A speech and language therapist (SLT) will be consulted if necessary to ensure all reasonable accommodations are made to support participation.
- UL motor deficit post stroke (bilateral/unilateral) (according to National Institutes of Health Stroke Score (NIHSS) item 5), distal UL power <1 /5 on the Oxford Rating Scale (Medical Research Council Manual Muscle Testing scale).
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients already enrolled an interventional neuro rehabilitation trial.
- Patients enrolled in clinical trials that contraindicate co-enrolment.
- Patients presenting with unstable medical conditions/medical contraindications as determined by treating medical consultant (these patients may be approached at a later date should their condition improve).
- Those registered blind/with uncompensated/uncorrected visual deficits, including severe neglect that prevents them from being able to focus on visually provided feedback.
- Behavioural/affective dysfunction which could influence the ability of the person to engage with the research protocol and/or pose risk to the participating researchers (in circumstances such as follow-up community visits).
- Other concomitant neurological disorders affecting upper extremity motor function (Multiple Sclerosis, Spinal Cord Injury, Brachial Plexus or Radial Nerve Injury).
- Unremitting arm, wrist or hand pain at rest (Numeric Pain Rating Scale > 4). Consumption of caffeine 2 hours prior to assessment (assessment will be postponed to a later time).
- Pre-existing UL impairment with known and significant disruption to range of motion, motor or functional performance (fracture, arthritic changes, other known musculoskeletal problems). Or pre-modified Rankin Score > 2.
- Skin condition apparent on the ventral UE such that might place participant at risk of irritation in the context of repeated physical contact (such as that associated with the intervention).
- Subsequent MRI that fails to confirm stroke
- Chronic stroke patients whose stroke occurred in excess of 2.5 years ago
- Patients whose cognitive impairment prevents them from following instructions
Plan d'étude
Comment l'étude est-elle conçue ?
Détails de conception
- Objectif principal: Traitement
- Répartition: Randomisé
- Modèle interventionnel: Affectation parallèle
- Masquage: Seul
Nombre de bras
Armes et Interventions
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Expérimental: Visual EMG feedback with vibrotactile feedback
Participants in the intervention group will receive visual EMG feedback combined with vibrotactile/haptic feedback delivered through a wearable EMG-based device during attempted upper limb movements.
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Surface EMG sensors detect muscle activity and provide visual feedback.
The device also delivers vibrotactile/haptic feedback in the form of vibrations during attempted upper limb movements.
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Comparateur actif: Visual EMG feedback
Participants in the control group will receive visual EMG feedback only and will complete the same assessment schedule as the intervention group.
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The intervention consists of visual EMG feedback through a wearable EMG-based device during attempted upper limb movements.
Surface EMG sensors detect muscle activity and provide visual feedback.
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Que mesure l'étude ?
Principaux critères de jugement
Principaux critères de jugement
Mesure des résultats |
Description de la mesure |
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Fugl-Meyer Upper Extremity
Délai: Baseline, Interim (Day 11), End (Day 16), 1-Week after the end if the intervetnion, 1-Month Follow-up, 6-Month Follow-up
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3 categories, comprised of 22 sub questions scored on a 3-point ordinal scale (0=unable, 1=partial, 2=near normal).
The sum of the categories ranges between 0 and 66 points (66 = normal function).
The FM-UE has shown excellent inter-rater reliability (Sullivan et al., 2011)(Duncan et al., 1992) moderate to good responsiveness (Lundquist & Maribo, 2017) and good concurrent validity when compared with similar tests of arm motor functioning.
MCID is 5 points.
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Baseline, Interim (Day 11), End (Day 16), 1-Week after the end if the intervetnion, 1-Month Follow-up, 6-Month Follow-up
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Mesures de résultats secondaires
Mesures de résultats secondaires
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The Action Arm Research Test
Délai: Baseline, Interim (Day 11), End (Day 16), 1-Week after the end if the intervetnion, 1-Month Follow-up, 6-Month Follow-up
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The ARAT is an UL capacity test which assesses the ability to grasp, move and release objects of various sizes, weights and shapes.
It has 19 sub questions scored on a 4- point ordinal scale, adding up to a total score between 0 and 57 points (57 = normal capacity).
The MCID is set at 5.7 points, i.e., 10 % of the range.
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Baseline, Interim (Day 11), End (Day 16), 1-Week after the end if the intervetnion, 1-Month Follow-up, 6-Month Follow-up
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Functional Independence Measure
Délai: For acute/subacute participants, MoCA will be collected at 3 months and 6 months post-stroke. For chronic participants, MoCA will be collected immediately post-recruitment, 3 months post-intervention, and 6 months post-intervention.
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18-item measurement tool, of physical, psychological and social function. Tasks that are evaluated using the FIM include bowel and bladder control, transfers, locomotion, communication, social cognition as well as six self-care activities. FIM scores range from 1 to 7. The grading categories range from "total assistance with helper = 1" to "complete independence with no helper=7" |
For acute/subacute participants, MoCA will be collected at 3 months and 6 months post-stroke. For chronic participants, MoCA will be collected immediately post-recruitment, 3 months post-intervention, and 6 months post-intervention.
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Chedoke Arm and Hand Activity Inventory
Délai: For acute/subacute participants, MoCA will be collected at 3 months and 6 months post-stroke. For chronic participants, MoCA will be collected immediately post-recruitment, 3 months post-intervention, and 6 months post-intervention.
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The CAHAI tests patients' performance in completing 13 functional tasks involving arm/hand movement, and encouraging the use of bilateral function (e.g.
opening a jar, pouring a glass of water, etc.).
Each item is scored on a 7-point scale where a low score indicates that the patient needs more assistance and the paretic arm performs only a small amount of the task, while higher score indicates more independence for completion.
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For acute/subacute participants, MoCA will be collected at 3 months and 6 months post-stroke. For chronic participants, MoCA will be collected immediately post-recruitment, 3 months post-intervention, and 6 months post-intervention.
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Motor Activity Log
Délai: For acute/subacute participants, MoCA will be collected at 3 months and 6 months post-stroke. For chronic participants, MoCA will be collected immediately post-recruitment, 3 months post-intervention, and 6 months post-intervention.
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This is a report-based assessment where patients are asked to rate their quality of movement and amount of the wearker arm movement during 30 (28 or 14 depending on the version) daily functional tasks.
These tasks include object manipulation, and gross motor activities involving ambulation and balance.
Patients are asked to score their quality of movement on a 6-item scale where a higher score indicates that the movements of this arm are closer to normal.
Similarly their amount of use is scored out of 6 and a higher score refers to a use of the arm that is more similar to before the stroke.
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For acute/subacute participants, MoCA will be collected at 3 months and 6 months post-stroke. For chronic participants, MoCA will be collected immediately post-recruitment, 3 months post-intervention, and 6 months post-intervention.
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Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
Délai: Time frame for acute/subacute participants:3 weeks, 6 weeks, and 6 months post-stroke Time frame for chronic participants:Immediately post-recruitment, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, and 6 months post-intervention
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14-item measure designed to assess anxiety and depression symptoms.
Items are rated on a 4-point severity scale.
The HADS produces two scales, one for anxiety (HADS-A) and one for depression (HADS-D), differentiating the two states.
Scores of greater than or equal to 11 on either scale indicate a definitive case.
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Time frame for acute/subacute participants:3 weeks, 6 weeks, and 6 months post-stroke Time frame for chronic participants:Immediately post-recruitment, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, and 6 months post-intervention
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Faces Pain Rating Scale
Délai: For acute/subacute participants, F-PRS will be collected at 1 week, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months post-stroke. For chronic participants, immediately post-recruitment, 1 week, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months post-intervention
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Faces pain scales consist of a series of line diagrams of faces with expressions of increasing distress.
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For acute/subacute participants, F-PRS will be collected at 1 week, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months post-stroke. For chronic participants, immediately post-recruitment, 1 week, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months post-intervention
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Stanford Fatigue Visual Numeric Scale
Délai: For acute/subacute participants, S-FVNS will be collected at 1 week, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months post-stroke. For chronic participants, S-FVNS will be collected immediately post-recruitment, 1 week, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months.
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The scale consists of 18 items relating to the subjective experience of fatigue.
Each item asks respondents to place an "X," representing how they currently feel, along a visual analogue line that extends between two extremes (e.g., from "not at all tired" to "extremely tired")
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For acute/subacute participants, S-FVNS will be collected at 1 week, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months post-stroke. For chronic participants, S-FVNS will be collected immediately post-recruitment, 1 week, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months.
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Patient Questionnaire
Délai: For acute/subacute participants, the questionnaire is listed at 1 week post-stroke.
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Questionnaire within qualitative interview to help us better understand some of the behavioural change components underlying acceptance of and adherence with the intervention. See Semi-Structured Interview - Patient Questionnaire document |
For acute/subacute participants, the questionnaire is listed at 1 week post-stroke.
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TMS assessment
Délai: Time frame for acute/subacute participants :5 days, 3 weeks, and 6 months post-stroke. Time frame for chronic participants: 5 days, 3 weeks, and 6 months post-intervention
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TMS can be used to assess the integrity of the cortico spinal tract and so will provide a useful measure of the level of functional impairment.
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Time frame for acute/subacute participants :5 days, 3 weeks, and 6 months post-stroke. Time frame for chronic participants: 5 days, 3 weeks, and 6 months post-intervention
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Mini Mental State Exam
Délai: For acute/subacute participants, MMSE will be collected at 6 months post-stroke. For chronic participants, MMSE will be collected immediately post-recruitment and 6 months post-intervention.
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The MMSE is a paper-based test with a maximum score of 30, with lower scores indicating more severe cognitive problems.
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For acute/subacute participants, MMSE will be collected at 6 months post-stroke. For chronic participants, MMSE will be collected immediately post-recruitment and 6 months post-intervention.
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Montreal Cognitive Assessment
Délai: For acute/subacute participants, MoCA will be collected at 3 months and 6 months post-stroke. For chronic participants, MoCA will be collected immediately post-recruitment, 3 months post-intervention, and 6 months post-intervention.
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The MoCA is a paper-based test with a maximum score of 30 points, with lower scores indicating more severe cognitive problems.
It looks more in depth at some of the deficits and may be more sensitive to subtle cognitive deficits.
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For acute/subacute participants, MoCA will be collected at 3 months and 6 months post-stroke. For chronic participants, MoCA will be collected immediately post-recruitment, 3 months post-intervention, and 6 months post-intervention.
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Edinburgh Handedness Inventory
Délai: Baseline for all patients
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Short questionnaire for determining objectively whether one is left or right-handed.
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Baseline for all patients
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EuroQol instrument
Délai: Time frame for acute/subacute participants: 3 weeks, 6 weeks, and 6 months post-stroke Time frame for chronic participants: Immediately post-recruitment, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, and 6 months post-intervention
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The descriptive system comprises five dimensions: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression.
Each dimension has 5 levels: no problems, slight problems, moderate problems, severe problems, and extreme problems.
The patient is asked to indicate his/her health state by ticking the box next to the most appropriate statement in each of the five dimensions.
This decision results in a 1-digit number that expresses the level selected for that dimension.
The digits for the five dimensions can be combined into a 5-digit number that describes the patient's health state.
The EQ VAS records the patient's self-rated health on a vertical visual analogue scale, where the endpoints are labelled 'The best health you can imagine' and 'The worst health you can imagine'.
The VAS can be used as a quantitative measure of health outcome that reflect the patient's own judgement.
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Time frame for acute/subacute participants: 3 weeks, 6 weeks, and 6 months post-stroke Time frame for chronic participants: Immediately post-recruitment, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, and 6 months post-intervention
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EMG activity
Délai: From enrollment up to 8 weeks
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Recorded duration of time the device is in active use (per session/day/week- i.e. dose), number and type of gestures recorded (per session/day/week- i.e. intensity), time and date stamps affiliated with both.
As well as the performance of the patient, as measured by the collected EMG activity and the performance on the games/activities that were engaged with, with metrics including completion rate, completion time, number of errors.
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From enrollment up to 8 weeks
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Electroencephalography assessment
Délai: Time frame for acute/subacute participants : 3 weeks and 6 months post-stroke Time frame for chronic participants: Immediately post-recruitment, 3 weeks, and 6 months post-intervention
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EEG assessments can be useful in providing a measure of the cortical activity, which we can compare to the muscular activity detected in the limbs.
The ratio of these variables could provide a useful biomarker of recovery
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Time frame for acute/subacute participants : 3 weeks and 6 months post-stroke Time frame for chronic participants: Immediately post-recruitment, 3 weeks, and 6 months post-intervention
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Re-admission Rate
Délai: For acute/subacute participants, readmission rate will be recorded at 6 months post-stroke. For chronic participants, readmission rate will be recorded at 6 months post-intervention.
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Whether the patient has been required to return to hospital unexpectedly e.g.
second stroke, with a documented reason.
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For acute/subacute participants, readmission rate will be recorded at 6 months post-stroke. For chronic participants, readmission rate will be recorded at 6 months post-intervention.
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Mots clés
Termes MeSH pertinents supplémentaires
- Troubles cérébrovasculaires
- Maladies du cerveau
- Maladies du système nerveux central
- Maladies du système nerveux
- Maladies vasculaires
- Maladies cardiovasculaires
- Blessures et Blessures
- Traumatisme, système nerveux
- Maladies de la moelle épinière
- Accident vasculaire cérébral
- Blessures à la moelle épinière
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- 168878
- 294830 (Identificateur de registre: IRAS Project ID)
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