NCT00872053

Effect of Robot-assisted Training on Foot Drop in Multiple Sclerosis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1 / Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 18 (estimated)
• Sponsor: US Department of Veterans Affairs · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The primary aim of this study is to: 1. Collect pilot data on the effect of task-specific lower extremity training using the Anklebot on subjects with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and who have foot drop; 2. Collect pilot data on the use of combination therapy on improving gait in subjects with MS. This therapy will use both Anklebot training and robot-assisted gait training. Hypothesis: Both trainings will result in improved walking performance, but the combination therapy will result in greater gains than ankle training alone.

Conditions

• MS (Multiple Sclerosis)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Anklebot	The Anklebot is a robotic device that is worn via a leather boot and knee brace (Fig.1). As the participant goes through a series of ankle-training "games," the Anklebot can assist ankle movement throughout 3 planes.
DEVICE	Lokomat	The Lokomat is a motor driven exoskeleton device that employs a body weight support suspension system and treadmill. Attached to the lower limbs, the Lokomat moves the subject's legs over a treadmill through position controlled trajectories that mimic normal human gait patterns.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-02-01
• Primary completion: 2009-12-01
• Completion: 2010-01-01
• First posted: 2009-03-31
• Last updated: 2013-09-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States