Electronic Capturing of Activities During REhabilitation for Upper Limb After Stroke

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE · Jul 24, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial, titled "Electronic Capturing of Activities During REhabilitation for Upper Limb After Stroke," is investigating how well we can track and record the therapy sessions that stroke patients receive for their arm rehabilitation. The goal is to see if using electronic tools can help clinicians document these sessions accurately and in real-time, which is important for understanding how different treatments work. The study will take place at two hospitals in Austin and will involve both stroke patients and healthcare professionals, like occupational therapists.

To participate, stroke patients need to be adults who have had a new stroke and have some difficulty using their arm, as confirmed by medical scans. They must also be able to give consent and are likely to receive arm therapy. Excluded are those with other conditions that affect their arm function or who are not able to follow basic instructions in English. For clinicians, they must have experience working with stroke patients in these hospital settings. Participants can expect their therapy sessions to be recorded and monitored to gather valuable information that could help improve stroke rehabilitation in the future.

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ALL

Eligibility criteria

• • Group 1: Stroke patients
• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Adults (≥18 years) with a new, first or consecutive stroke, confirmed on CT or MRI.
• • Motor upper limb impairment defined by a Shoulder Abduction and Finger Extension (SAFE) score of 0 through 9.
• • Able to consent for themselves.
• • Likely to receive at least one upper limb intervention session as determined by the treating clinical team.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Existing co-morbidities that limit upper limb function and usual care treatment provided as determined by the treating clinical team e.g., neural or orthopeadic
• • Receiving palliative care or have a limited life expectancy
• • Deemed unable or unnecessary to participate in upper limb intervention by the treating clinical team
• • Treating Occupational Therapist and local allied health assistant declined to participate in the research preventing recording of usual care data
• • Unable to follow basic instructions in English
• • Group 2: Clinicians
• • Inclusion criteria
• • Occupational therapist or allied health assistant working with the stroke population in an acute or subacute settings within Austin Health.
• • At least four months of clinical experience
• Exclusion criteria:
• • • Clinicians expected to move into another clinical area within one month.