Community Rollout of Technology Enriched Rehabilitation (CROFTERS)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Community Rollout of Technology Enriched Rehabilitation after Stroke: An implementation study (CROFTERS)
IRAS ID
356877
Contact name
Andrew Kerr
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Strathclyde
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Duration of Study in the UK
3 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
The minimum guideline recommendations for rehabilitation after stroke are not being met. This compromises individual recovery and increases the global burden of disability. A multi-technology solution, co-created with people living with stroke, has been shown to be feasible in both sub-acute and chronic populations but has not been implemented as part of routine service delivery across the recovery journey from acute illness to long term maintenance.
The aim of this implementation study is to assess the ability of a multi-technology (e.g. virtual reality, feedback sensors, treadmills, powered exercise equipment) model of rehabilitation to deliver guideline recommendations in a community based Health and Social Care setting after hospital discharge. This includes the ability personalise rehabilitation to individual goals (mobility, cognition and communication) and delivered at the intensity needed to make a change.
The findings will be used to co-create a scalable, adaptable, and sustainable model that can deliver evidence based guidelines for rehabilitation. The study has a mixed methods approach, collecting evidence of acceptability from participants through interviews, evidence of functional change through measures of physical ability and independent living and cost effectiveness by tracking health and social care usage through a data linkage project.
REC name
East Midlands - Derby Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
25/EM/0151
Date of REC Opinion
10 Jul 2025
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion