Remote rehab: stroke patients try video therapy at home
NCT ID NCT07389811
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether online occupational therapy sessions could help stroke survivors improve their ability to perform everyday tasks like bathing, dressing, and using the phone. Fifteen patients on a waiting list for rehab were randomly assigned to receive remote guidance or stay on the waitlist. After two months, researchers measured changes in independence and arm use using standard scales.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- telerehabilitation (remote occupational therapy sessions)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a convenient way for stroke survivors to improve daily living skills from home, reducing wait times for rehab.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, completed trial with only 15 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The intervention is behavioral, not a drug, so effects are modest.
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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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15 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2025
- Finished
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Dec 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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18 years and older
- 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: * Clinically stable * Diagnosis of sequelae of stroke (regardless of modified Rankin scale score) * On a waiting list with medical indication for Occupational Therapy at IMREA HCFMUSP * Access to a computer, tablet, or smartphone with internet connection allowing for video calls * Ability to understand the Portuguese language * Availability of a caregiver to assist during therapy sessions, if necessary Exclusion Criteria: * Clinically unstable patients (e.g., frail elderly with decompensated chronic diseases) * High-risk pregnant women * Lack of access to internet or devices required for telerehabilitation * Absence of a caregiver when assistance is required for sessions
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of the Hospital das Clínicas of the Faculty of Medicine of USP
São Paulo, São Paulo, 04101-300, Brazil
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