NCT01398553

Automated Versus Standard Physiotherapy for Upper Limb Rehabilitation in Patients With Acquired Brain Lesions

Armeo® Versus Standard Physiotherapy for Upper Limb Rehabilitation in Patients With Acquired Brain Lesions

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: Krankenhaus Bozen · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The Armeo Spring has proven its effectiveness in the rehabilitation of acute stroke patients. It neutralizes limb weight, enabling patients to use residual control in both arm and hand and to follow exercises guided by simulations of real-life challenges. The Armeo Spring incorporates wrist pronation and supination, allowing patients to enhance functional reaching patterns. Aim of the study is to compare the Armeo device with standard physiotherapy in chronic patients with acquired brain lesions. The result of the trial should show which treatment is more effective in the clinical practice. A significant better outcome of one arm should suggest to follow one treatment strategy more than the other.

Conditions

• Vascular Accident, Brain
• Traumatic Brain Injury

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Armeo Spring	30min Armeo Spring + 15min task oriented therapy over 6 weeks Frequency: 3 x/week
OTHER	conventional physiotherapy	30min occupational therapy(15min ADL-training, 15min repetitive training) + 15min task oriented therapy over 6 weeks Frequency: 3x/week

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-03-01
• Primary completion: 2015-12-01
• Completion: 2015-12-01
• First posted: 2011-07-20
• Last updated: 2016-09-07

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Italy