Ring sensors and phone app aim to boost arm use after stroke
NCT ID NCT06787729
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jul 14, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests whether wearing ring and wrist sensors and seeing your own movement data on a smartphone can encourage stroke survivors to use their affected arm more during daily activities. Fifty chronic stroke survivors (more than 12 months post-stroke) will wear the sensors for four weeks, with the first week as a baseline and the next three weeks adding feedback, goal-setting, and weekly video calls with a therapist. The goal is to see if this motivation-based approach increases real-world arm use.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- mHealth device (ring and wrist sensors with smartphone app and clinician feedback)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could give stroke survivors a practical, home-based tool to improve arm use and regain independence.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early feasibility study (50 people) with no control group, so results may not apply broadly. The improvement may be small or temporary.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Motion Analysis Laboratory
RECRUITINGCharlestown, Massachusetts, 02474, United States
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