Enriched Environments for Upper Limb Stroke Rehabilitation
Stroke
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Stroke focused on measuring stroke, rehabilitation, virtual reality, upper limb
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria for patients wth stroke:
- Age 40-80 years
- sustained a single stroke between 3-24 months prio t study leading to upper limb paresis
- have at least Stage 3/7 arm control (mild to moderate motor deficits) on the Chedoke-McMaster Scale.
- <81 yrs old to minimize confounding effects of age-related changes in sensorimotor functions
Exclusion Criteria for patients wth stroke:
- other neurological or orthopaedic problems that may interfere with interpretation of results
- significant deficits in attention, constructional skills, neglect and apraxia
- shoulder subluxation, arm pain
- lack of endurance as judged by a physician
- undergoing other therapy, surgery or medical procedures within the study period.
Inclusion Criteria for healthy control subjects:
1. Age 40-80 years
Exclusion Criteria for control subjects:
1. any neurological or orthopaedic problems that may interfere with interpretation of results.
Sites / Locations
- Sheba Medical Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
Conventional intervention for upper limb reaching
VR treatment
Reaching or holding cones, cups, etc. in all planes with and without gravity or loading
The Virtual Reality (VR) therapy group received the treatment in the GestureTek VR environment which focused on reaching movements of the affected upper limb using virtual games and a virtual supermarket.