NCT01244243

Robot-Assisted Hand Motor Therapy for Subjects With Hemiparetic Stroke

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 41 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, Irvine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to develop and assess the effectiveness of robot-assisted movement therapy in enhancing hand motor function in subjects with chronic hemiparetic stroke, and to identify predictors of treatment response.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Hand & Wrist Assisting Robotic Device	Treatment occurs in 2 hour sessions, 4 times a week over 3 weeks. In each treatment session, you will sit in a chair and have your weak hand attached to a mechanical device (the robot), which will help you open and close your hand. During the treatment, different types of objects (with varying shapes, sizes, and weight) will be placed into your hand. You will be given a variety of instructions related to the grasping, feeling, or identifying of the object in your hand. Sometimes these instructions will be given from the investigator and sometimes from the computer. You will often be asked to grasp, or release, each of these objects as best you can. You will also be asked to concentrate on the object in your hand. An example of what you may be asked to do is to name the object. During other times, you will play games, using the robot to control game parts on the computer screen. At other times, you will move your hand so that the robot can measure your hand function.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-01-01
• Primary completion: 2012-12-01
• Completion: 2012-12-01
• First posted: 2010-11-19
• Last updated: 2016-08-18
• Results posted: 2015-05-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States