Feasibility Study on PoRi Device

Description

This study is a feasibility study of a new device that moves the hand of patients with spasticity to reduce hand muscle tone. The device's ability to improve spasticity before and after a 20-minute session with the device at Yale New Haven Hospital's outpatient clinic of Physical Medicine \& Rehabilitation, or the Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit.

Conditions

Hand Spasticity

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This study is a feasibility study of a new device that moves the hand of patients with spasticity to reduce hand muscle tone. The device's ability to improve spasticity before and after a 20-minute session with the device at Yale New Haven Hospital's outpatient clinic of Physical Medicine \& Rehabilitation, or the Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit.

Feasibility Study on Portable Rehabilitation (PoRi) Device in Hand Spasticity

Feasibility Study on PoRi Device

Condition
Hand Spasticity
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

New Haven

, Yale New Haven Hospital's Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) outpatient clinic, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06510

New Haven

Yale New Haven Hospital's Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06510

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) score of at least 1
  • * Participants with paralysis or motor function problems of the fingers of one or both hands.
  • * Minors (below age 18)
  • * Vulnerable populations
  • * Inability of fingers and wrist to stretch to neutral during passive range of motion

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Yale University,

Necolle Morgado-Vega, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Yale University

Study Record Dates

2025-12