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SAGEH: Self-Administered Gaming and Exercise at Home for Stroke Recovery

This study, called SAGEH, is looking at ways to improve hand dexterity after a stroke. It compares standard care with two additional self-administered therapies: daily exercise routines or using a special device called Twirlstone. The Twirlstone is a knob-like device used to play a video game called Nono's World, designed to help with hand rehabilitation. You might be able to join if you are at least 21 years old, had a stroke within the last 6 weeks that caused arm or hand weakness, and are currently an inpatient at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The study aims to see if these additional therapies improve finger dexterity, measured by a test called the nine-hole peg test (9PHT), up to 6 months after your stroke. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status and plans to enroll 60 participants.

Study design
This interventional study will include 60 adult stroke survivors, divided into three groups to compare different therapy approaches.
What's involved
Participants will engage in 5 daily self-administered, unsupervised occupational therapy sessions over 3 weeks. They will also have two short telemedicine check-in appointments with an occupational therapist.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your finger dexterity will be assessed at the beginning of the study, immediately after the intervention (up to 7 days), and again 6 months after your stroke.

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NCT05929027

Self-Administered Gaming and Exercise at Home (SAGEH)

Recruiting
NAAges 21+InterventionalTreatment
Johns Hopkins University
~60 participants
Updated 2026-08-11 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:NoNooccupational therapy - self directed

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Change in finger dexterity as assessed by the nine-hole peg test (9PHT)
Measured over Baseline, post-intervention up to 7 days, 6 months post-stroke

Conditions

Stroke
Hand Weakness

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Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • Johns Hopkin

    Baltimore, Marylandstudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

Study leadership

  • Steven R Zeiler, M.D, Ph.D. · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Johns Hopkins University

Who to contact

Steven R. Zeiler, M.D., Ph.D.
[email protected]
3035207404
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What this trial measures

  • Change in finger dexterity as assessed by the nine-hole peg test (9PHT)Baseline, post-intervention up to 7 days, 6 months post-stroke

    The Nine-Hole Peg Test (9HPT) is used to measure finger dexterity in patients with various neurological diagnoses. Participants are asked to place pegs into the holes one at a time, then remove them one at a time, and place them back in the container as fast as they can.