• Jing Chen, Mingli Liu, Dalong Sun, Yan Jin, Tianrao Wang, and Chuancheng Ren.
• Department of Neurology, Shanghai Fifth People's Hospital, Fudan University, 801 Heqing Road, Minhang District Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Xuhui District Department of Rehabilitation Department of Radiology, Shanghai Fifth People's Hospital, Fudan University, Minhang District Departments of Neurology, Shanghai East Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, China.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2018 Jan 1; 97 (3): e9605.

BackgroundStroke is one of leading diseases causing adult death and disability worldwide. Home-based telerehabilitation has become a novel approach for stroke patients as effective as conventional rehabilitation, and more convenient and economical than conventional rehabilitation. However, there is no study assessing the mechanism of home-based telerehabilitation in promoting motor recovery among stroke patients with hemiplegic.AimsThis study is designed to determine the efficacy and explore the mechanism of motor recovery after home-based telerehabilitation in stroke patients with motor deficits.Methods/DesignIn a single-blinded randomized controlled pilot study, patients with acute subcortical stroke (n = 40) are assigned to receive home-based telerehabilitation or conventional rehabilitation. Task-based or resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and Fugl-Meyer assessment (FMA) score will acquired before and after rehabilitation. Activation volume of bilateral primary motor (M1), supplementary motor area (SMA), premotor cortex (PMC); lateralization index (LI) of interhemispheric M1, SMA, and PMC; functional connectivity of bilateral M1, SMA, PMC; fractional anisotropy (FA) will be measured; correlation analyses will be performed between neuroimaging biomarkers and FMA score pre- and postrehabilitation.DiscussionWe present a study design and rationale to explore the effectiveness and neural mechanism of home-based rehabilitation for stroke patients with motor deficits. The study limitations related to the small-amount sample. Moreover, home-based rehabilitation may provide an alternative means of recovery for stroke patients. Ultimately, results of this trial will help to understand the neural mechanism of home-based telerehabilitation among stroke patients with hand movement disorder.Copyright © 2017 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

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