Robot-Aided Neurorehabilitation of the Upper Extremities

Robot-aided Arm Therapy, Brain Injury, Motor Relearning Programme, Activities of Daily Living Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02434237
• Other study ID #: EK 04 2005
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 13, 2014
• Last updated: May 4, 2015
• Start date: March 2005
• Est. completion date: March 2015

Study information

• Verified date: April 2015
• Source: University of Zurich
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Switzerland: Ethikkommission
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Task-oriented repetitive movement can improve movement performance in patients with neurological or orthopedic lesions. The application of robotics can serve to assist, enhance, evaluate, and document neurological and orthopedic rehabilitation of movements. Arm therapy is used in neurological rehabilitation for patients with paralyzed upper extremities due to lesions of the central or peripheral nervous system, e.g. after stroke or spinal cord injury. The goal of the therapy is to recover motor function, improve movement coordination, learn new motion strategies ("trick movements"), and/or prevent secondary complications such as muscle atrophy, osteoporosis, and spasticity.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 45
• Est. completion date: March 2015
• Est. primary completion date: March 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients with neurological disability of the upper limb with qualification for arm training, e.g. after stroke and spinal cord injury

Exclusion Criteria:

• limitations of the join mobility

• osteoporosis

• cardiovascular disease

• injury of the upper limb

• decubitus

• psychic diseases (like schizophrenia, dementia, depression)

• Body weight > 120kg

• pacemaker.

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Robot-aided Arm Therapy, Brain Injury, Motor Relearning Programme, Activities of Daily Living

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Switzerland	University of Zurich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology	Zurich

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Zurich

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The acceptanece of the arm rehabilitation robot therapy and the influence to the motivation through the visual feedback.		A measure lasts approx. 90 minutes. Every participant once.	Yes