What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: Other. Population: Stroke (n=60). Intervention: Multi-technology, group-based rehabilitation. Primary outcome: Feasibility (recruitment rates, dropout rates, safety, and shoulder pain prevalence).

What does this research mean for the field?

A multi-technology, group-based rehabilitation approach is clinically feasible, safe, and acceptable for increasing therapy dose early after stroke. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To evaluate the clinical feasibility, safety, and acceptability of a multi-technology, group-based intervention designed to increase early rehabilitation dose after stroke.

April 18, 2025Clinical RehabilitationOpen Access

A technology-enriched approach to increasing rehabilitation dose after stroke: Clinical feasibility study

Q: What are the key findings of this study?

A multi-technology, group-based rehabilitation approach was feasible early after stroke, achieving a recruitment rate of 6 per month, 2% dropout, and 19% prevalence of shoulder pain.

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Key result

Early multi-technology group rehabilitation proves feasible post-stroke with low ~2% dropout rates.

n=60

Why the study?

Is a multi-technology, group-based rehabilitation approach feasible and acceptable for increasing rehabilitation dose early after stroke?

Population

60 stroke patients, median 9.0 days after stroke, referred for rehabilitation, without contraindications to…

Design

Other

Follow-up

hospital stay (average 23.0 days)

Authors

GSGillian SweeneyNHS Lanarkshire FBFiona BoydUniversity of Strathclyde MKMaisie Keogh

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Implication

A multi-technology, group-based rehabilitation approach is feasible and acceptable for increasing rehabilitation dose early after stroke.

Key Points

To evaluate the clinical feasibility, safety, and acceptability of a multi-technology, group-based intervention designed to increase early rehabilitation dose after stroke.
Enrolled 60 acute stroke patients (median 9.0 days post-stroke) in an acute hospital stroke unit receiving supervised, technology-enriched group rehabilitation in addition to usual care.
Evaluated predefined feasibility benchmarks (recruitment >3.2/month, dropout <6%, shoulder pain <60%, zero serious adverse reactions) alongside staff interviews (n=9) and functional outcome measures.
Feasibility targets were achieved with a recruitment rate of 6 patients per month, a 2% dropout rate, zero suspected unexpected serious adverse reactions, and a 19% prevalence of shoulder pain.
Participants attended a mean of 9.1 sessions (average 52 minutes each), with functional gains reflected by an increase of 17.9 points (SD 8.6) on the modified Rivermead Mobility Index and 5.7 points (SD 2.4) on the Therapy Outcome Measure.

Structured PICO

Is a multi-technology, group-based rehabilitation approach feasible and acceptable for increasing rehabilitation dose early after stroke?

Population

60 stroke patients, median 9.0 days post-stroke, referred for rehabilitation without contraindications to light exercise, followed during their hospital stay.

Intervention

Personalised rehabilitation delivered in supervised groups, using a multi-technology rehabilitation gym, in addition to usual care.

Outcome

Feasibility (recruitment rates, dropout rates, absence of suspected unexpected serious adverse reactions, shoulder pain prevalence) and acceptabilitysafety

A multi-technology, group-based rehabilitation approach is feasible and acceptable for increasing rehabilitation dose early after stroke.

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Sweeney et al. (2025) studied Stroke (n=60). Multi-technology, group-based rehabilitation was evaluated on Feasibility (recruitment rates, dropout rates, safety, and shoulder pain prevalence). A multi-technology, group-based rehabilitation approach was feasible early after stroke, achieving a recruitment rate of 6 per month, 2% dropout, and 19% prevalence of shoulder pain.

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