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Median Nerve InjuryNCT06459908

Effects of Robotic Glove Hand Training in Patients After Median Nerve Transfer

A study testing Robot Glove Hand Training and Conventional Hand Rehabilitation Exercises in people with Median Nerve Injury, run by Riphah International University at 1 site in Pakistan.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

Selective nerve transfers provide an opportunity for restoring the motor function after nerve injuries. Upper-limb robot-assisted therapy has been established as a safe and feasible treatment to complement rehabilitation after neurological injury. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 19 to 55 years
Conditions the study is for
Median Nerve Injury
What is being tested?
Robot Glove Hand Training and Conventional Hand Rehabilitation Exercises
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
46 participants
Where
1 sitePakistan
Study dates
10 Dec 2023to 10 Jul 2024
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 19 to 55 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Both Genders will be recruited
  • Age between 19 to 55 years
  • Median nerve transfer after traumatic event (RTA, history of Fall, avulsion, compression or stretch injuries)
  • The ability to follow and respond to verbal commands

Who cannot join

  • subjects will be excluded if they have
  • Altered state of consciousness,
  • Aphasia ,
  • Severe cognitive deficits .
  • Severe pathologies of upper limb of rheumatic nature
  • Could not provide informed consent for study
  • Severe pain in affected arm Visual analogue scale > 5

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Iqbal Tariq, PhD contact

03458236752

iqbal.tariq@riphah.edu.pk

Pakistan1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Ghurki Trust Teaching Hospital , Lahore

    Lahore, Punjab Province, 54000

    Sabiha Arshad, Mphil, 03248495979, s.arshad@riphah.edu.pk

    Ayesha Kousar, DPT

    Recruiting

Other trials in Pakistan

About this study

Official title: Effects of Robotic Glove Hand Training on Fine and Gross Motor Function and Activities of Daily Living in Patients After Median Nerve Transfer

Selective nerve transfers provide an opportunity for restoring the motor function after nerve injuries. Upper-limb robot-assisted therapy has been established as a safe and feasible treatment to complement rehabilitation after neurological injury. The aim of this study is to explore the combined effects of Hand Training with Robotic Glove on fine and gross motor function and activities of daily living in patients after median nerve transfer. The study will be randomized controlled trial. Participants will be recruited through non probability convenience sampling technique. After screening for eligibility, participants will be randomly assigned by balanced pre-randomization into two groups either to a robot-assisted group (RG), participants of this group receiving robot-assisted Hand Rehabilitation with the Syrebo Robotic Gloves or to a control group (CG), receiving dose-matched conventional Hand Rehabilitation without the robot. Participants will be engaged in exercises 4 times a week for 6 weeks, each participants will receive 3 Hand Rehabilitation therapy sessions of 45 Mins per day focusing on hand function. Data will be assessed at the start of the 1st session and at the end of the last session after 6 weeks with the help of Sollerman Hand Function test, Jebsen Taylor Hand Function test, The Original Barthel Index for Activities of Daily living. Data will be analyzed using SPSS version 25

Read the detailed description

Selective nerve transfers provide an opportunity for restoring the motor function after nerve injuries. Over the past decade different hand rehabilitation protocols and exercises are developed, robotic assisted rehabilitation is one of them. Upper-limb robot-assisted therapy has been established as a safe and feasible treatment to complement rehabilitation after neurological injury. Robots can precisely control the interaction with the user (e.g., supporting or resisting in an assist-as-needed manner) and render virtual environments both visually and mechanically, making them ideal tools for sensorimotor training, providing engaging and challenging therapy. The aim of this study is to explore the combined effects of Hand Training with Robotic Glove on fine and gross motor function and activities of daily living in patients after median nerve transfer. The study will be randomized controlled trial. Participants will be recruited through non probability convenience sampling technique. After screening for eligibility, participants will be randomly assigned by balanced pre-randomization into two groups either to a robot-assisted group (RG), participants of this group receiving robot-assisted Hand Rehabilitation with Syrebo Robotic Gloves or to a control group (CG), receiving dose-matched conventional Hand Rehabilitation without the robot. The participants will be engaged in exercises 4 times a week for 6 weeks, each participants will receive three Hand Rehabilitation therapy sessions per day focusing on hand function. Each therapy session will be of 45 minutes. These sessions will be embedded in the weekly therapy plan for each individual participant. Data will be assessed at the start of the 1st session and at the end of the last session after 6 weeks with the help of Sollerman Hand Function test, Jebsen Taylor Hand Function test, The Original Barthel Index for Activities of Daily living. Data will be analyzed using SPSS version 25. Key words: Hand Rehabilitation, Nerve transfer Rehabilitation, Robotic Glove

Being tested
Robot Glove Hand Training, Conventional Hand Rehabilitation Exercises
Keywords
Hand Rehabilitation, Nerve transfer Rehabilitation, Robotic Glove

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Robot Glove Hand TrainingOther

    Robot Assisted group will perform hand exercises with the help of robotic glove assistance for 3 times per day/ 4 times per week, 45 minutes per session for 6 consecutive weeks. Total Number of Sessions will be 72 Hours.

  • Conventional Hand Rehabilitation ExercisesOther

    Conventional therapy group will perform hand exercises without the help of robotic gloves 3 times per day/ 4 times per week, 45 minute session for 6 consecutive weeks.Total number of sessions will be 72.

Study groups in NCT06459908
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Robot-assisted group (RG)ExperimentalPatients in group A will perform these exercises while Wearing robotic hand-training gloves. Group A will perform hand exercises with the help of robotic glove assistance for 3 times per day/ 4 times per week, 45 minutes per session for 6 consecutive weeks, Number of total sessions will be 72 .
Receives: Other: Robot Glove Hand Training; Other: Conventional Hand Rehabilitation Exercises
conventional hand rehabilitation exercisesActive comparatorThe control group will receive the same treatment as Robot Assisted group but without any robot-assisted device.Group B will perform hand exercises without the help of robotic glove for 3 times per day/ 4 times per week, 45 minute session for 6 consecutive weeks.Number of total sessions will be 72 .
Receives: Other: Conventional Hand Rehabilitation Exercises

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. THE SOLLERMAN HAND FUNCTION TEST (SHT)

    Sollerman Hand Function Test (SHT) is an assessment tool for analyzing hand function and grip strength after hand surgery for recording the recovery rate in rehabilitation phase. The scale include 8 hand grips that further divided into 20 subsets that helps in analyzing hand grip pattern that used for daily activities. Further; each activity was scored form 0 to 4 points with collective score of 80. The lower the score the poor hand function and grip strength was observed. SHT considered as most reliable and valid tool in analyzing hand function with excellent inter-rater reliability (ICC:0.987) and moderate test-retest reliability.

    Measured: 6 Weeks

  2. JABSEN-TAYLER HAND FUNCTION TEST

    Jabsen-Tayler Hand Function Test is an effective assessment tool in analyzing fine and gross motor activity of hand that are required for performing daily activities of life.

    The scale included 7 subsets of activities including writing; turning page, lifting objects; feeding and sacking. It is considered as good to excellent reliable and valid tool with the ICC of 0.77 in dominant hand and 0.84 to 0.97 in non-dominant hand in injured hand.Higher score means worse outcome and Lower score means good outcome.

    Measured: 6 Weeks

  3. PEGBOARD TEST

    Pegboard Test is a valid instrument that used for assessing hand dexterity movement.Higher score means worse outcome and Lower score means good outcome.

    among the individual. It is a test board having five subsets focusing placing pins, bimanual task performance and mathematical problems. The whole test is scored based on the completion of each subset. It has an excellent validity with ICVI= 0.9-1.0, SCVI = 0.93-0.95 and ICCs =0.76-0.85.

    Measured: 6 Weeks

  4. The Original Barthel Index for Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)

    The Barthel Index (BI) measures the extent to which somebody can function Independentlybladder control, toileting, chair transfer, ambulation and stair climbing. Items are weighted according to the level of nursing care required and are rated in terms of whether individuals can perform activities independently, with some assistance, or are dependent (scored as 10, 5 or 0). It has 0.89 test-retest reliability and 0.95 internal reliability. Reliability study found an alpha Cronbach value of 0.90 for the complete scale.(30)Higher the score for barthal index it means good outcome and lower the score means poor outcome.

    Measured: 6 Weeks

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted14 Jun 2024
  2. Study start10 Dec 2023
  3. Primary completion30 Jun 2024 (estimated)
  4. Study completion10 Jul 2024 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
46 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06459908
Sponsor's protocol ID
REC/RCR&AHS/23/02103
Status last verified
Jun 2024
First submitted
11 Jun 2024
Last updated
26 Jun 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Geuna S, Raimondo S, Ronchi G, Di Scipio F, Tos P, Czaja K, Fornaro M. Chapter 3: Histology of the peripheral nerve and changes occurring during nerve regeneration. Int Rev Neurobiol. 2009;87:27-46. doi: 10.1016/S0074-7742(09)87003-7.

    PubMed 19682632
  • Rydevik B, Lundborg G. Permeability of intraneural microvessels and perineurium following acute, graded experimental nerve compression. Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg. 1977;11(3):179-87. doi: 10.3109/02844317709025516.

    PubMed 609900
  • George SC, Burahee AS, Sanders AD, Power DM. Outcomes of anterior interosseous nerve transfer to restore intrinsic muscle function after high ulnar nerve injury. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2022 Feb;75(2):703-710. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2021.09.072. Epub 2021 Oct 22.

    PubMed 34789435
  • Liu Y, Lao J, Gao K, Gu Y, Xin Z. Outcome of nerve transfers for traumatic complete brachial plexus avulsion: results of 28 patients by DASH and NRS questionnaires. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2012 Jun;37(5):413-21. doi: 10.1177/1753193411425330. Epub 2011 Nov 8.

    PubMed 22067298
  • Yurkewich A, Kozak IJ, Ivanovic A, Rossos D, Wang RH, Hebert D, Mihailidis A. Myoelectric untethered robotic glove enhances hand function and performance on daily living tasks after stroke. J Rehabil Assist Technol Eng. 2020 Dec 15;7:2055668320964050. doi: 10.1177/2055668320964050. eCollection 2020 Jan-Dec.

    PubMed 33403121

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Robot Glove Hand Training and Conventional Hand Rehabilitation Exercises in people with Median Nerve Injury, run by Riphah International University at 1 site in Pakistan.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 7 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 26 Jun 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Pakistan. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Iqbal Tariq, PhD (03458236752, iqbal.tariq@riphah.edu.pk), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

THE SOLLERMAN HAND FUNCTION TEST (SHT) (time frame: 6 Weeks). The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06459908, which also lists 5 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 26 Jun 2024.

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