NCT07467785Recruiting
Reaching the Unreached: Home-Based Telerehabilitation for Stroke Survivors
Reaching the Unreached: Randomized Trial of Home-Based Telerehabilitation for Stroke Without Outpatient Care
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 3 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
After a stroke, many people have trouble using their arms and hands. This can make daily tasks-like eating, dressing, or writing-very hard. In Alberta, especially in small towns and rural areas, many stroke survivors go home from the hospital without being referred to rehabilitation. As a result, they miss out on therapy that could help them get better. This project will test a new way to bring rehabilitation directly into people's homes using telerehabilitation. We will work with 200 stroke survivors across Alberta who did not get regular outpatient rehab. Participants will use the clinically validated Tenzr system-a set of fun, game-like exercises with wearable sensors. Therapists will check in and guide them remotely. When participants are enrolled in the study, they will be randomized (1:1) into two groups. The Immediate group will receive 8 weeks of home-based telerehabilitation using the Tenzr platform immediately after baseline, while the Delayed group will receive 8 weeks of observation (usual care) followed by 8 weeks of the same telerehabilitation intervention. Everyone in the study will be tested at the baseline, 8 weeks, and 16 weeks. At 16 weeks, we will also interview them to gather their feedback on the telerehabilitation. We want to learn if this program helps people improve arm and hand movement, if it's easy to use, and if people like it. We also want to see if it could be offered more widely across Alberta in the future. The goal is to give more people access to stroke rehabilitation, no matter where they live.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 200 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 25 Nov 2025
- Start date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Primary completion date
- Dec 2027
- Lead sponsor
- University of Alberta
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT07467785
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 200
- From 2 Jun 2026 to the primary completion date, Dec 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Age
- \< 18 years of age
Other
- Referred to or currently participating in upper extremity outpatient rehabilitation.
- Severe cognitive, communication, or medical comorbidities that would preclude safe home-based exercise
- Don't have access to internet and appropriate devices to have a virtual assessment with clinicians.
Who the study is looking for
- Not currently referred to, or participating in, upper extremity outpatient rehabilitation.
- A confirmed stroke diagnosis (ischemic or hemorrhagic)
- Have moderate-to-severe upper limb impairment
- Live at home
- Have access to internet and appropriate devices to have a virtual assessment with clinicians.
- ≥ 18 years of age
Age in the registry: 18 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Edmonton | Canada | Recruiting |
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