investigating the effects of dexteria app therapy on hand function in subacute stroke survivors

Objectives: hand function impairment causes limitations in activities of daily living among stroke survivors. dexteria app therapy is a game-based therapy with the use of a touchscreen gadget that involves various hand movements. this study evaluates the effect of dexteria app therapy on hand function in sub-acute stroke survivors.methods: this study included 26 subacute stroke survivors, randomly allocated into 2 groups as follows: group a (n=13) received conventional hand therapy while group b (n=13) received dexteria app therapy. both groups received 21 sixty-min therapy sessions. gross hand function and fine manipulative hand function were assessed using the brunnstrom hand recovery voluntary control grades and the jebsen hand function test, respectively.results: inter-group comparison using the wilcoxon rank sum test of the mean difference between groups a and b showed a significant difference in the brunnstrom hand recovery voluntary control grades z value which equaled -3.272 with p=0.001 and jebsen hand function test z=-3.0 and p=0.002.discussion: dexteria app therapy showed significant improvement in gross motor function and fine motor hand function than conventional therapy in sub-acute stroke survivors.