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The research objective of this study is to determine whether an intervention and associated robotic device called "Assisted Movement with Enhanced Sensation (AMES) can be used to enhance balance recovery following an unexpected loss of balance by conditioning areas of the brain involved in lower-limb (LL) motor control. It is hypothesized that AMES can improve balance recovery, gait, and reduce falls in near-frail elderly people by improving LL strength, speed, and coordination. AMES, is a medical intervention and robotic device originally developed to aid patients' recovery from injuries to the central nervous system that limit movement. Earlier published studies demonstrated a unique property of AMES, namely that it is capable of reducing sensorimotor impairment in the severely impaired, an underserved population of patients with brain and spinal cord injuries. AMES applies assisted movement, biofeedback, and sensory stimulation simultaneously and non-invasively to the upper or lower limb, the initial intent being to address impairments such as weakness, spasticity, sensory loss, and dyssynergia (i.e., co-contraction). These reductions in impairment are achieved through cortical plasticity. In the present study, the same methodology will be applied to the lower limbs of the near-frail elderly to reduce falls by training faster reaction times, stronger reactions, and more coordinated recoveries from slips and trips


Clinical Trial Description

The specific aim of this study is to determine preliminarily the efficacy of the AMES intervention in helping older adults quickly readjust their posture in order to recover from unexpected loss of equilibrium. An AMES device will be placed into operation at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Out-patient Rehabilitation Therapy Clinic at Fayetteville, Arkansas(AR), where we will recruit 20 healthy, but near-frail subjects. Ten of these participants will be randomly assigned to a treatment group, and the other 10 will be assigned into a control group that will not receive the AMES intervention. Before and after 12 weeks of training with the bipedal AMES device, ankle strength, range of motion, proprioception, and reaction time, as well as gait and whole-body stability following unexpected balance perturbations will be assessed. In addition to measuring sensorimotor impairment and static balance equilibrium,the incidence of falls in all 20 participants beginning with enrollment into the study for a total of 6 months will be tracked. A reduction in sensorimotor impairment, an improvement in dynamic balance, and a reduction in fall incidence in the treatment group, but not in the control group is expected. ;


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NCT number NCT02765425
Study type Interventional
Source University of Arkansas
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Status Withdrawn
Phase N/A
Start date August 30, 2017
Completion date September 9, 2020

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