Current clinical practice in managing somatosensory impairments and the use of technology in stroke rehabilitation
Stroke-induced somatosensory impairments seem to be clinically overlooked, despite their prevalence and influence on motor recovery post-stroke. Interest in technology has been gaining traction over the past few decades as a promising method to facilitate stroke rehabilitation. This questionnaire-ba...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
2023
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/168622 |
| _version_ | 1811678422927147008 |
|---|---|
| author | Sidarta, Ananda Lim, Yu Chin Wong, Russell A. Tan, Isaac O. Kuah, Christopher Wee Keong Ang, Wei Tech |
| author2 | School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
| author_facet | School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Sidarta, Ananda Lim, Yu Chin Wong, Russell A. Tan, Isaac O. Kuah, Christopher Wee Keong Ang, Wei Tech |
| author_sort | Sidarta, Ananda |
| collection | NTU |
| description | Stroke-induced somatosensory impairments seem to be clinically overlooked, despite their prevalence and influence on motor recovery post-stroke. Interest in technology has been gaining traction over the past few decades as a promising method to facilitate stroke rehabilitation. This questionnaire-based cross-sectional study aimed to identify current clinical practice and perspectives on the management of somatosensory impairments post-stroke and the use of technology in assessing outcome measures and providing intervention. Participants were 132 physiotherapists and occupational therapists currently working with stroke patients in public hospitals and rehabilitation centres in Singapore. It was found that the majority (64.4%) of the therapists spent no more than half of the time per week on somatosensory interventions. Functional or task-specific training was the primary form of intervention applied to retrain somatosensory functions in stroke survivors. Standardised assessments (43.2%) were used less frequently than non-standardised assessments (97.7%) in clinical practice, with the sensory subscale of the Fugl-Meyer Assessment being the most popular outcome measure, followed by the Nottingham Sensory Assessment. While the adoption of technology for assessment was relatively scarce, most therapists (87.1%) reported that they have integrated technology into intervention. There was a common agreement that proprioception is an essential component in stroke rehabilitation, and that robotic technology combined with conventional therapy is effective in enhancing stroke rehabilitation, particularly for retraining proprioception. Most therapists identified price, technology usability, and lack of available space as some of the biggest barriers to integrating robotic technology in stroke rehabilitation. Standardised assessments and interventions targeting somatosensory functions should be more clearly delineated in clinical guidelines. Although therapists were positive about technology-based rehabilitation, obstacles that make technology integration challenging ought to be addressed. |
| first_indexed | 2024-10-01T02:53:01Z |
| format | Journal Article |
| id | ntu-10356/168622 |
| institution | Nanyang Technological University |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-10-01T02:53:01Z |
| publishDate | 2023 |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | ntu-10356/1686222023-06-17T16:47:53Z Current clinical practice in managing somatosensory impairments and the use of technology in stroke rehabilitation Sidarta, Ananda Lim, Yu Chin Wong, Russell A. Tan, Isaac O. Kuah, Christopher Wee Keong Ang, Wei Tech School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) Rehabilitation Research Institute of Singapore (RRIS) Engineering::Mechanical engineering Cross-Sectional Studies Humans Stroke-induced somatosensory impairments seem to be clinically overlooked, despite their prevalence and influence on motor recovery post-stroke. Interest in technology has been gaining traction over the past few decades as a promising method to facilitate stroke rehabilitation. This questionnaire-based cross-sectional study aimed to identify current clinical practice and perspectives on the management of somatosensory impairments post-stroke and the use of technology in assessing outcome measures and providing intervention. Participants were 132 physiotherapists and occupational therapists currently working with stroke patients in public hospitals and rehabilitation centres in Singapore. It was found that the majority (64.4%) of the therapists spent no more than half of the time per week on somatosensory interventions. Functional or task-specific training was the primary form of intervention applied to retrain somatosensory functions in stroke survivors. Standardised assessments (43.2%) were used less frequently than non-standardised assessments (97.7%) in clinical practice, with the sensory subscale of the Fugl-Meyer Assessment being the most popular outcome measure, followed by the Nottingham Sensory Assessment. While the adoption of technology for assessment was relatively scarce, most therapists (87.1%) reported that they have integrated technology into intervention. There was a common agreement that proprioception is an essential component in stroke rehabilitation, and that robotic technology combined with conventional therapy is effective in enhancing stroke rehabilitation, particularly for retraining proprioception. Most therapists identified price, technology usability, and lack of available space as some of the biggest barriers to integrating robotic technology in stroke rehabilitation. Standardised assessments and interventions targeting somatosensory functions should be more clearly delineated in clinical guidelines. Although therapists were positive about technology-based rehabilitation, obstacles that make technology integration challenging ought to be addressed. Nanyang Technological University Published version AS - RFP/19002, funded by the Rehabilitation Research Institute of Singapore 2023-06-12T06:15:26Z 2023-06-12T06:15:26Z 2022 Journal Article Sidarta, A., Lim, Y. C., Wong, R. A., Tan, I. O., Kuah, C. W. K. & Ang, W. T. (2022). Current clinical practice in managing somatosensory impairments and the use of technology in stroke rehabilitation. PLOS ONE, 17(8), e0270693-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270693 1932-6203 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/168622 10.1371/journal.pone.0270693 35951544 2-s2.0-85135890636 8 17 e0270693 en PLOS ONE © 2022 Sidarta et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Engineering::Mechanical engineering Cross-Sectional Studies Humans Sidarta, Ananda Lim, Yu Chin Wong, Russell A. Tan, Isaac O. Kuah, Christopher Wee Keong Ang, Wei Tech Current clinical practice in managing somatosensory impairments and the use of technology in stroke rehabilitation |
| title | Current clinical practice in managing somatosensory impairments and the use of technology in stroke rehabilitation |
| title_full | Current clinical practice in managing somatosensory impairments and the use of technology in stroke rehabilitation |
| title_fullStr | Current clinical practice in managing somatosensory impairments and the use of technology in stroke rehabilitation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Current clinical practice in managing somatosensory impairments and the use of technology in stroke rehabilitation |
| title_short | Current clinical practice in managing somatosensory impairments and the use of technology in stroke rehabilitation |
| title_sort | current clinical practice in managing somatosensory impairments and the use of technology in stroke rehabilitation |
| topic | Engineering::Mechanical engineering Cross-Sectional Studies Humans |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/168622 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT sidartaananda currentclinicalpracticeinmanagingsomatosensoryimpairmentsandtheuseoftechnologyinstrokerehabilitation AT limyuchin currentclinicalpracticeinmanagingsomatosensoryimpairmentsandtheuseoftechnologyinstrokerehabilitation AT wongrussella currentclinicalpracticeinmanagingsomatosensoryimpairmentsandtheuseoftechnologyinstrokerehabilitation AT tanisaaco currentclinicalpracticeinmanagingsomatosensoryimpairmentsandtheuseoftechnologyinstrokerehabilitation AT kuahchristopherweekeong currentclinicalpracticeinmanagingsomatosensoryimpairmentsandtheuseoftechnologyinstrokerehabilitation AT angweitech currentclinicalpracticeinmanagingsomatosensoryimpairmentsandtheuseoftechnologyinstrokerehabilitation |