Effect of Wearable Hip-Assist Robot on Reduction of Cardiopulmonary Metabolic Efficiency in Healthy Adults

Gait Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of Wearable Hip-Assist Robot on Reduction of Muscle Fatigue and Cardiopulmonary Metabolic Efficiency in Elderly Adults: A Preliminary Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03484624
• Other study ID #: 2018-02-064
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 2, 2018
• Est. completion date: August 31, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: March 2018
• Source: Samsung Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in muscle fatigue and respiratory metabolic energy expenditure during walking with wearable hip-assist robot (V3).

Description:

The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in muscle fatigue and respiratory metabolic energy expenditure during walking with wearable hip-assist robot (V3).

Metabolic energy expenditure and muscle fatigue are measured simultaneously.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 54
• Est. completion date: August 31, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: August 31, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Elderly adults over age 65

• Those without a history of central nervous system disease

Exclusion Criteria:

• Those who have problems with walking due to problems such as visual field defects or fractures

• A person whose height is less than 140 cm or not more than 185 cm

• Body mass index BMI (body mass index) based on 35 or more obese

• Those with a cognitive problem that are difficult to understand and participate fully in this study

• Those who are at risk of falling when walking with serious dizziness

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Gait

Intervention

Device:
• Treadmill walking
All subjects underwent measurements of muscle fatigue and respiratory metabolism energy during treadmill walking at a comfortable speed for 6 minutes and measured by three conditions (?NoGEMS-free gait, ?Torque off with GEMS, and ?Torque on with GEMS)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Korea, Republic of	Samsung Medical Center	Seoul

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Samsung Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Korea, Republic of, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change on metabolic energy expenditure	All subjects underwent measurements of respiratory metabolism energy during treadmill walking at a comfortable speed for 6 minutes and measured by three conditions (?NoGEMS-free gait, ?Torque off with GEMS, and ?Torque on with GEMS).; Metabolic energy expenditure and muscle fatigue are measured simultaneously	1 hour
Secondary	Change on muscle fatigue	All subjects underwent measurements of muscle fatigue at a comfortable speed for 6 minutes and measured by three conditions (?NoGEMS-free gait, ?Torque off with GEMS, and ?Torque on with GEMS).; Metabolic energy expenditure and muscle fatigue are measured simultaneously	1 hour