CUHK Jockey Club HOPE 4 Care Programme - Ankle Robot

Stroke Clinical Trial

Official title:

CUHK Jockey Club Tech-Based Stroke Rehabilitation Programme for Elderly Centre - Interactive Exoskeleton Ankle Robot

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03808428
• Other study ID #: 2018.493
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: January 2019
• Source: Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Contact: Raymond Tong, PhD
• Phone: +85239438454
• Email: kytong[@]cuhk.edu.hk
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust has supported CUHK to launch a three-year project 'CUHK Jockey Club HOPE4Care Programme' to implement four evidence-based advanced rehabilitation technologies in 40 local elderly day care centres and rehabilitation centres, to benefit the community. The Exoskeleton Ankle Robot is a robot-assisted Ankle-Foot-Orthosis to facilitate gait training of person after stroke with drop foot.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 120
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• have the ability to walk on the ground independently or with one personal assistance with or without walking aids

• able to understand simple commends

Exclusion Criteria:

• have other neurological, neuromuscular, and orthopedic diseases

• uncontrolled cardiovascular or respiratory disorders

• moderate to severe contractures in the lower extremities

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Stroke

Intervention

Device:
• Ankle Group
Provide sensory feedback to help subjects relearn how to walk in correct gait pattern.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Hong Kong	Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Chinese University of Hong Kong	The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Hong Kong, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Fugl-Meyer Assessment Lower Extremity (FMA-LE)		3-month follow-up
Secondary	Functional Ambulation Classification (FAC)		3-month follow-up
Secondary	Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS)		3-month follow-up
Secondary	Berg Balance Scale (BBS)		3-month follow-up
Secondary	Timed 10-Meter Walk Test (10MWT)		3-month follow-up
Secondary	6 Minute Walk Test (6MWT)		3-month follow-up