NCT00011583

Robot Assisted Upper Limb Neuro-Rehabilitation

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: US Department of Veterans Affairs · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Our long term objectives are to understand the mechanisms of motor impairment following neurologic injury and to develop interventions to improve motor recovery. A series of complementary, overlapping clinical trials and development activities will validate and optimize the use of robot-assisted upper limb therapy for neuro rehabilitation. We have developed a robotic system that assists or resists elbow and shoulder movements in three dimensional space. In addition to unilateral exercise modes, a novel bimanual mode enables hemiparetic subjects to practice mirror image upper limb exercises.

Detailed description

Randomized controlled clinical trial of the Mirror Image Movement Enabler (MIME) robotic device for shoulder and elbow neurorehabilitation in subacute stroke patients. MIME incorporates a PUMA 560 robot that applies forces to the paretic limb during unilateral and bilateral movements in three dimensions. Robot-assisted treatment (bilateral, unilateral, and combined bilateral and unilateral) was compared with conventional therapy.

Conditions

• Acute Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Robot-assisted therapy	1 hour/day of mechanically-assisted upper limb therapy
DEVICE	Traditional therapy	1 hour/day of upper limb therapy that includes exposure to, but no manipulation by the robot

Timeline

• Start date: 2000-01-01
• Primary completion: 2003-12-01
• Completion: 2003-12-01
• First posted: 2001-02-26
• Last updated: 2008-03-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States