Home telerehabilitation for chronic stroke patients, with or without vascular dementia
Tests home telerehabilitation in chronic stroke patients, with or without vascular dementia.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Home Tele Rehabilitation Therapy for Vascular Dementia
Key facts
- Where
- Houston, United StatesSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 110 years old?
Source: NCT06289569, who can take part
Where in United States
- Houston Methodist HospitalHouston, United StatesTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
- Trial code
- NCT06289569
- Record updated
- 2 March 2026
- Original description
To determine whether the home telerehabilitation therapy is feasible and lessens caregiver burden in chronic stroke patients with and without vascular dementia (VaD)Read full original descriptionShow less
Home Tele Rehabilitation Therapy for Vascular Dementia
To determine whether the home telerehabilitation therapy is feasible and lessens caregiver burden in chronic stroke patients with and without vascular dementia (VaD)
Inclusion: Symptomatic ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke verified by computerized axial tomography or magnetic resonance imaging; at least 6 months post stroke; At least some active movement in the affected upper extremity (MRS 1 or more in shoulder elbow or wrist); Ability to provide informed consent, or LAR able to provide consent; Expressed willingness to comply with all study procedures and attend all study-related visits for both the patient and at least one caregiver; Age ≥ 18; Ability to follow one-step commands; Community-dwelling with transportation to evaluation sessions; Ability to operate the therapy system with minimal assistance, including sufficient corrected vision to perceive objects from a distance of 5 feet; Modified Ashworth Scale Score 3 or less in the involved upper extremity; Passive range of motion within functional ranges at the shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand.
Exclusion: Concurrent participation in other experimental upper extremity rehabilitation trials that would interfere with results; Patients with history of severe alcohol or drug abuse, psychiatric illnesses like severe depression, poor motivational capacity, or severe language disturbances, particularly of receptive nature or with serious cognitive deficits (defined as unable to follow study instructions even with help from caregiver); Patients with severe uncontrolled medical problems that would render intensive rehabilitation unfeasible or unsafe (e.g. cardiovascular disease, unstable cardiac arrhythmia, severe rheumatoid arthritis, active joint deformity of arthritic origin, active cancer or renal disease, any kind of end-stage pulmonary or cardiovascular disease, or a deteriorated condition due to age, epilepsy or others); Patients with bilateral paresis, or weakness or sensory damage due to peripheral causes (e.g. peripheral nerve injury, muscle or orthopedic injury etc.); Non-English-speaking individuals will only be eligible if they can provide the appropriate translator for all the sessions of the study as no funding is available to pay for such services. However, we plan to include them once funding has been secured in the subsequent larger trial; Pregnancy; Prisoners.