Safety, feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effects of the Neurofenix platform for Rehabilitation via HOMe Based gaming exercise for the Upper-limb post Stroke (RHOMBUS): results of a feasibility intervention study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the safety, feasibility and acceptability of the Neurofenix platform for home-based rehabilitation of the upper limb (UL).

Design

A non-randomised intervention design with a parallel process evaluation.

Setting

Participants' homes, South-East England.

Participants

Thirty adults (≥18 years), minimum 12-week poststroke, not receiving UL rehabilitation, scoring 9-25 on the Motricity Index (elbow and shoulder), with sufficient cognitive and communicative abilities to participate.

Interventions

Participants were trained to use the platform, followed by 1 week of graded game-play exposure and 6-week training, aiming for a minimum 45 min, 5 days/week.

Outcomes

Safety was determined by assessing pain and poststroke fatigue at 8 a

SUBMITTER: Kilbride C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8886425 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature