AI app aims to boost arm recovery after stroke
NCT ID NCT06190795
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tested a new AI-powered smartphone app designed to help people who recently had a stroke improve arm function through guided exercises at home. Researchers compared the app to a standard paper manual in 38 participants over four weeks. The goal was to see if the app was easy to use and improved arm recovery and exercise adherence.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- AMPLIFY Smartphone Application
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a convenient, AI-guided way for stroke survivors to improve arm function at home without frequent clinic visits.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early feasibility study with only 38 participants. The app may not prove more effective than a simple paper manual, and results may not apply to all stroke survivors.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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38 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2024
- Finished
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Mar 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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21 to 90 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of stroke (confirmed by CT/MRI scans) * ≤four weeks post-stroke * Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA)\>=21 * Finger extension Medical Research Council (MRC) \>=1 * Fugl Meyer Upper Limb score \<60 or NIHSS Motor Arm section score\>=2 * Potential discharge to home (able to do tele-rehabilitation for review) Exclusion Criteria: * Bilateral stroke * Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA)\<21 * Paretic upper limb numeric pain rating scale (NPRS)\>5 * Reduced paretic upper limb use prior to stroke episode (e.g. frozen shoulder, fracture, etc) * Reduced paretic upper limb use due to orthopaedic problems such as fracture in existing stroke episode * Medically unstable * Neglect as ascertained by treatment team * Severe behavioural disturbance or agitation or epilepsy or untreated depression or psychiatric conditions * Pregnancy or lactation states
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Lay Fong Chin
Singapore, Singapore, 307382, Singapore
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