Providing Real-Time Wearable Feedback to Increase Hand Use after Stroke: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT: After stroke, many people substantially reduce use of their impaired hand in daily life, even if they retain even a moderate level of functional hand ability. Here, we tested whether providing real-time, wearable feedback on the number of achieved hand movements, along with a daily goal, can help people increase hand use intensity. Twenty participants with chronic stroke wore the Manumeter, a novel magnetic wristwatch/ring system that counts finger and wrist movements. We randomized them to wear the device for three weeks with (feedback group) or without (control group) real-time hand count feedback and a daily goal. Participants in the control group used the device as a wristwatch, but it still counted hand movements. We found that the feedback group wore the Manumeter significantly longe

SUBMITTER: Schwerz de Lucena D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9505054 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature