Please select the arm or intervention descriptions that belong to the clinical trial below.
Title: Air Muscle and Task Practice in Upper Limb Stroke Rehab
Brief Summary: Many patients who have sustained strokes are unable to effectively use their hemiparetic upper extremity. Limited mobility in the performance of daily activities, such as eating or dressing, adversely affects their quality of life and compromises independence. Rehabilitation techniques engaging the hemiparetic limb in repetitive task practice (RTP) may improve upper extremity function and quality of life in patients with stroke, but costs limit the number of patients that can utilize this type of therapy. Advances in microprocessor design and function make the use of an assistive device as an adjunct to RTP plausible. An innovative assistive repetitive motion (ARM) device using an "air muscle" has been developed specifically for the rehabilitation of the hemiparetic upper extremity. The primary aim of the proposed study is to collect pilot data to estimate the clinical effectiveness of using the ARM device in conjunction with RTP to improve upper extremity motor function and the quality of life of patients with stroke. Twenty sub-acute (3 to 9 mos. post-stoke) patients will be randomized to a RTP only or ARM + RTP group. The RTP group will receive 15 days (4 hours per day) of intensive one-on-one RTP therapy. The ARM + RTP group will use the ARM device for 2 hours per day and receive 2 hours of intensive RTP per day for 15 days. Clinical motor function and quality of life measures will be taken before and after the interventions and two months later. We hypothesize that the ARM + RTP group will exhibit greater improvements in motor function and quality of life measures than the RTP only group.


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A: Arm Label: Arm 1; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Device: Robotic Upper Extremity Neurorehabilitation | Arm Label: Arm 2; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Other: Traditional Upper Extremity Exercise Group | Intervention Type: DEVICE; Name: Robotic Upper Extremity Neurorehabilitation; Assigned to Arm(s): Arm 1 | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: Traditional Upper Extremity Exercise Group; Assigned to Arm(s): Arm 2
B: Arm Label: Arm 1; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Device: Robot-Assisted Therapy - MIT-MANUS System | Arm Label: Arm 2; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Other: Intensive Comparison Therapy | Arm Label: Arm 3; Type: OTHER; Interventions: Other: Usual Care | Intervention Type: DEVICE; Name: Robot-Assisted Therapy - MIT-MANUS System; Assigned to Arm(s): Arm 1 | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: Intensive Comparison Therapy; Assigned to Arm(s): Arm 2 | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: Usual Care; Assigned to Arm(s): Arm 3
C: Intervention Type: DEVICE; Name: robotic device; Assigned to Arm(s): N/A
D: Arm Label: Experimental Group (EG); Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Device: Robot therapy (NeReBot), Other: Conventional therapy | Arm Label: Control Group (CG); Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Other: Conventional therapy | Intervention Type: DEVICE; Name: Robot therapy (NeReBot); Assigned to Arm(s): Experimental Group (EG) | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: Conventional therapy; Assigned to Arm(s): Control Group (CG), Experimental Group (EG)

Answer: C