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Allegue DR, Higgins J, Sweet SN, Archambault PS, Michaud F, Miller W, Tousignant M, Kairy D. Rehabilitation of Upper Extremity by Telerehabilitation Combined With Exergames in Survivors of Chronic Stroke: Preliminary Findings From a Feasibility Clinical Trial. JMIR Rehabil Assist Technol 2022; 9:e33745. [PMID: 35731560 PMCID: PMC9260524 DOI: 10.2196/33745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2021] [Revised: 02/09/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Exergames are increasingly being used among survivors of stroke with chronic upper extremity (UE) sequelae to continue exercising at home after discharge and maintain activity levels. The use of virtual reality exergames combined with a telerehabilitation app (VirTele) may be an interesting alternative to rehabilitate the UE sequelae in survivors of chronic stroke while allowing for ongoing monitoring with a clinician. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to determine the feasibility of using VirTele in survivors of chronic stroke at home and explore the impact of VirTele on UE motor function, quantity and quality of use, quality of life, and motivation in survivors of chronic stroke compared with conventional therapy. METHODS This study was a 2-arm feasibility clinical trial. Eligible participants were randomly allocated to an experimental group (receiving VirTele for 8 weeks) or a control group (receiving conventional therapy for 8 weeks). Feasibility was measured from the exergame and intervention logs completed by the clinician. Outcome measurements included the Fugl-Meyer Assessment-UE, Motor Activity Log-30, Stroke Impact Scale-16, and Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire-15, which were administered to both groups at four time points: time point 1 (T1; before starting the intervention), time point 2 (after the intervention), time point 3 (1 month after the intervention), and time point 4 (T4; 2 months after the intervention). RESULTS A total of 11 survivors of stroke were randomized and allocated to an experimental or a control group. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, participants pursued the allocated treatment for 3 months instead of 8 weeks. VirTele intervention dose was captured in terms of time spent on exergames, frequency of use of exergames, total number of successful repetitions, and frequency of videoconference sessions. Technical issues included the loss of passwords, internet issues, updates of the system, and problems with the avatar. Overall, most survivors of stroke found the technology easy to use and useful, except for 9% (1/11) of participants. For the Fugl-Meyer Assessment-UE and Motor Activity Log-30, both groups exhibited an improvement in >50% of the participants, which was maintained over time (from time point 3 to T4). Regarding Stroke Impact Scale-16 scores, the control group reported improvement in activities of daily life (3/5, 60%), hand function (5/5, 100%), and mobility (2/5, 40%), whereas the experimental group reported varied and inconclusive results (from T1 to T4). For the Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire-15, 75% (3/4) of the experimental group demonstrated an increase in the autonomous motivation score (from T1 to time point 2), whereas, in the control group, this improvement was observed in only 9% (1/11) of participants. CONCLUSIONS The VirTele intervention constitutes another therapeutic alternative, in addition to conventional therapy, to deliver an intense personalized rehabilitation program for survivors of chronic stroke with UE sequelae. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID) RR2-10.2196/14629.
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- Dorra Rakia Allegue
- School of Rehabilitation, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal, Institut universitaire sur la réadaptation en déficience physique de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Mission Universitaire de Tunisie, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- School of Rehabilitation, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal, Institut universitaire sur la réadaptation en déficience physique de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal, Institut universitaire sur la réadaptation en déficience physique de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal, Institut universitaire sur la réadaptation en déficience physique de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- School of Physical & Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Rehabilitation, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
- Center of research on Aging, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- School of Rehabilitation, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal, Institut universitaire sur la réadaptation en déficience physique de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Schuermans J, Van Hootegem A, Van den Bossche M, Van Gendt M, Witvrouw E, Wezenbeek E. Extended reality in musculoskeletal rehabilitation and injury prevention - A systematic review. Phys Ther Sport 2022; 55:229-240. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2022.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Revised: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Reneker JC, Pannell WC, Babl RM, Zhang Y, Lirette ST, Adah F, Reneker MR. Virtual immersive sensorimotor training (VIST) in collegiate soccer athletes: A quasi-experimental study. Heliyon 2020; 6:e04527. [PMID: 32743105 PMCID: PMC7385459 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2020] [Revised: 07/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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A burgeoning area of innovation in sports is the use of extended realities to provide athletes with novel training environments. Evidence has demonstrated that virtual environments can be useful therapeutic tools with demonstrated positive outcomes. The purpose of this pilot investigation was to determine the effects of virtual immersive sensorimotor training intervention by quantifying 1) the training effect measured via change in performance pre-to post-intervention on the virtual reality exercises, 2) the difference in the in clinical measures of functional sensorimotor control, 3) the injury incidence rate, and 4) on-field performance during soccer competitions. Statistical analyses were used to describe differences between an experimental and a control group. Participants were recruited from the men and women's soccer teams at two universities in the United States. Participants at one university were in the experimental group (n = 78) and received virtual immersive sensorimotor training, consisting of nine novel exercises in headset virtual reality, twice each week for six weeks. Participants at the second university were in the control group (n = 52). The virtual exercises were developed with reference to the rehabilitative principles of neuroplasticity to train various neurologic processes, contributing to overall sensorimotor control. This includes vestibular, visual and oculomotor activities, cervical neuromotor control training, movement coordination, and postural/balance exercises. The results indicate significant positive training effects pre-to post-intervention in seven of the nine training exercises (p ≤ 0.005) and improvement in clinical tests of cervical neuromotor control, balance, and inspection time (p ≤ 0.009) in the experimental group compared to the control. One of the virtual training exercises was positively associated with on-field performance (p = 0.022). No differences in injury rate or overall on-field performance metrics between the experimental and control were detected. This research study provides evidence of training and positive transfer from virtual to real-world environments, supporting the use of these novel virtual exercises to improve measures of sensorimotor control in healthy soccer athletes.
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- Jennifer C Reneker
- Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Population Health, University of Mississippi Medical Center, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Related Professions, University of Mississippi Medical Center, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Related Professions, University of Mississippi Medical Center, USA
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- Department of Data Science, School of Population Health, University of Mississippi Medical Center, USA
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- Department of Data Science, School of Population Health, University of Mississippi Medical Center, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Related Professions, University of Mississippi Medical Center, USA
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Moliterno AH, Bezerra FV, Pires LA, Roncolato SS, da Silva TD, Massetti T, Fernani DCGL, Magalhães FH, de Mello Monteiro CB, Dantas MTAP. Effect of Contextual Interference in the Practicing of a Computer Task in Individuals Poststroke. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2020; 2020:2937285. [PMID: 32775414 PMCID: PMC7396124 DOI: 10.1155/2020/2937285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Sensory and motor alterations resulting from stroke often impair the performance and learning of motor skills. The present study is aimed at investigating whether and how poststroke individuals and age- and sex-matched healthy controls benefit from a contextual interference effect on the practice of a maze task (i.e., constant vs. random practice) performed on the computer. METHODS Participants included 21 poststroke individuals and 21 healthy controls, matched by sex and age (30 to 80 years). Both groups were divided according to the type of the practice (constant or random) presented in the acquisition phase of the learning protocol. For comparison between the groups, types of practice, and blocks of attempts, the analysis of variance with Tukey's post hoc test (p < 0.05) was used. RESULTS Poststroke individuals presented longer movement times as compared with the control group. In addition, only poststroke individuals who performed the task with random practice showed improved performance at the transfer phase. Moreover, randomized practice enabled poststroke individuals to perform the transfer task similarly to individuals without any neurological impairment. CONCLUSION The present findings indicated a significant effect of contextual interference of practice in poststroke individuals, suggesting that applying randomized training must be considered when designing rehabilitation protocols for this population.
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- Alice Haniuda Moliterno
- University of West Paulista-UNOESTE-Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil
- São Paulo State University (Unesp) "Júlio de Mesquita Filho"-Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil
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- University of West Paulista-UNOESTE-Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil
- São Paulo State University (Unesp) "Júlio de Mesquita Filho"-Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil
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- Grupo de Pesquisa em Aplicações Tecnológicas em Reabilitação School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities-EACH-University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Grupo de Pesquisa em Aplicações Tecnológicas em Reabilitação School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities-EACH-University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- University of West Paulista-UNOESTE-Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil
- Grupo de Pesquisa em Aplicações Tecnológicas em Reabilitação School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities-EACH-University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Laboratory Design and Scientific Writing. Department of Basic Sciences, ABC Faculty of Medicine-Santo André, SP, Brazil
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- Grupo de Pesquisa em Aplicações Tecnológicas em Reabilitação School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities-EACH-University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Grupo de Pesquisa em Aplicações Tecnológicas em Reabilitação School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities-EACH-University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Laboratory Design and Scientific Writing. Department of Basic Sciences, ABC Faculty of Medicine-Santo André, SP, Brazil
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- University of West Paulista-UNOESTE-Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil
- Grupo de Pesquisa em Aplicações Tecnológicas em Reabilitação School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities-EACH-University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Laboratory Design and Scientific Writing. Department of Basic Sciences, ABC Faculty of Medicine-Santo André, SP, Brazil
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Averta G, Della Santina C, Valenza G, Bicchi A, Bianchi M. Exploiting upper-limb functional principal components for human-like motion generation of anthropomorphic robots. J Neuroeng Rehabil 2020; 17:63. [PMID: 32404174 PMCID: PMC7218840 DOI: 10.1186/s12984-020-00680-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Human-likeliness of robot movements is a key component to enable a safe and effective human-robot interaction, since it contributes to increase acceptance and motion predictability of robots that have to closely interact with people, e.g. for assistance and rehabilitation purposes. Several parameters have been used to quantify how much a robot behaves like a human, which encompass aspects related to both the robot appearance and motion. The latter point is fundamental to allow the operator to interpret robotic actions, and plan a meaningful reactions. While different approaches have been presented in literature, which aim at devising bio-aware control guidelines, a direct implementation of human actions for robot planning is not straightforward, still representing an open issue in robotics. METHODS We propose to embed a synergistic representation of human movements for robot motion generation. To do this, we recorded human upper-limb motions during daily living activities. We used functional Principal Component Analysis (fPCA) to extract principal motion patterns. We then formulated the planning problem by optimizing the weights of a reduced set of these components. For free-motions, our planning method results into a closed form solution which uses only one principal component. In case of obstacles, a numerical routine is proposed, incrementally enrolling principal components until the problem is solved with a suitable precision. RESULTS Results of fPCA show that more than 80% of the observed variance can be explained by only three functional components. The application of our method to different meaningful movements, with and without obstacles, show that our approach is able to generate complex motions with a very reduced number of functional components. We show that the first synergy alone accounts for the 96% of cost reduction and that three components are able to achieve a satisfactory motion reconstruction in all the considered cases. CONCLUSIONS In this work we moved from the analysis of human movements via fPCA characterization to the design of a novel human-like motion generation algorithm able to generate, efficiently and with a reduced set of basis elements, several complex movements in free space, both in free motion and in case of obstacle avoidance tasks.
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- Giuseppe Averta
- Research Center "Enrico Piaggio", University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino 1, Pisa, 56126, Italy.
- Soft Robotics for Human Cooperation and Rehabilitation, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego, 30, Genova, 16163, Italy.
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, University of Pisa, Via G. Caruso, 16, Pisa, 56122, Italy.
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- Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 32 Vassar st, Cambridge, 02139, MA, USA
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- Research Center "Enrico Piaggio", University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino 1, Pisa, 56126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, University of Pisa, Via G. Caruso, 16, Pisa, 56122, Italy
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- Research Center "Enrico Piaggio", University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino 1, Pisa, 56126, Italy
- Soft Robotics for Human Cooperation and Rehabilitation, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego, 30, Genova, 16163, Italy
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, University of Pisa, Via G. Caruso, 16, Pisa, 56122, Italy
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- Research Center "Enrico Piaggio", University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino 1, Pisa, 56126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, University of Pisa, Via G. Caruso, 16, Pisa, 56122, Italy
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Hakim RM, Tunis BG, Ross MD. Rehabilitation robotics for the upper extremity: review with new directions for orthopaedic disorders. Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol 2016; 12:765-771. [DOI: 10.1080/17483107.2016.1269211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Renée M. Hakim
- Department of Physical Therapy, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Daemen College, Amherst, NY, USA
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