NCT01050231

Robotics For Rehabilitation Therapy: Functional Versus Individual Joint Training

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, Irvine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 73 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to develop an upper extremity robotic training system for use by people with stroke to practice arm and hand movement in the clinic.

Detailed description

Each year in the U.S. over 400,000 people survive a stroke and approximately 80% of acute stroke survivors lose arm and hand movement skills. Movement impairments are typically treated with intensive, hands-on physical and occupational therapy for several weeks after the initial brain injury. Unfortunately, due to economic pressure on the U.S. health care system, stroke patients are receiving less therapy and going home sooner. Our goal for this study is to develop an upper extremity robotic training system for both acute and chronic stroke population to improve movement ability with intensive and repetitive movement in the clinic without continuous supervision from a therapist.

Conditions

• Cerebrovascular Accident

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Functional/ Multi-joints activities	Subjects participated in 4 weeks of robotic training with the device: BONES (Biomimetic Orthosis Neurorehabilitation for Elbow and Shoulder), 3 days per week, 1 hour per day with the robotic exercise program focusing on functional tasks such as cleaning the windows, driving a steering wheel, grocery shopping, etc.
DEVICE	Individual Joint Training	Subjects participated in 4 weeks of training with the robotic device BONES, 3 days per week, 1 hour per day with a robot-assisted exercise program. The robotic exoskeleton assists in arm and hand movements focusing on one joint at a time.

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-10-01
• Primary completion: 2012-01-01
• Completion: 2012-01-01
• First posted: 2010-01-15
• Last updated: 2021-04-19
• Results posted: 2021-03-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States