Actively Recruiting
Home Tele Rehabilitation Therapy for Vascular Dementia
Led by The Methodist Hospital Research Institute · Updated on 2026-03-02
120
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
172 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
To determine whether the home telerehabilitation therapy is feasible and lessens caregiver burden in chronic stroke patients with and without vascular dementia (VaD)
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Home Tele Rehabilitation Therapy for Vascular Dementia
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Symptomatic ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke confirmed by CT or MRI
- Stroke occurred at least 6 months ago
- Some active movement in affected upper limb (MRS 1 or more in shoulder, elbow, or wrist)
- Ability to provide informed consent or have a legal representative provide consent
- Willingness of patient and at least one caregiver to comply with all study procedures and attend visits
- Age 18 years or older
- Ability to understand and follow one-step commands
- Living in the community with transportation to evaluation sessions
- Ability to operate the therapy system with minimal help, including sufficient corrected vision to see objects 5 feet away
- Modified Ashworth Scale score of 3 or less in the affected upper limb
- Passive range of motion within functional limits at shoulder, elbow, wrist, and hand
You will not qualify if you...
- History of severe alcohol or drug abuse, severe psychiatric illness, poor motivation, or severe language or cognitive deficits preventing study participation
- Bilateral paresis or weakness or sensory damage from peripheral causes (e.g., nerve injury, muscle or orthopedic injury)
- Severe uncontrolled medical conditions making intensive rehabilitation unsafe or unfeasible (e.g., cardiovascular disease, unstable arrhythmia, severe arthritis, active cancer or renal disease, advanced pulmonary or cardiovascular disease, deteriorated condition due to age or epilepsy)
- Participation in other experimental upper extremity rehabilitation trials that could interfere
- Non-English speakers without an appropriate translator available for all study sessions
- Pregnancy
- Prisoners
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
D
Darrel W Cleere, MPH
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
1
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