NCT02321254

Myoelectric Robot-assisted Rehabilitation for the Upper Limb After Stroke

A Pilot Study of Active, Robot-assisted Therapy for Shoulder Rehabilitation After Stroke, Using Myoelectric Signals

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 10 (estimated)
• Sponsor: IRCCS San Camillo, Venezia, Italy · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to assess the clinical effectiveness of the RehaARM-robot and to determine the feasibility of including robotic therapy in daily rehabilitation programmes, after stroke. Additionally, we aim to investigate the acceptance of this intervention from patients and therapists. A total of 10 patients will be recruited in this study, all the patients will receive 1 hour of standard therapy together with 45 min of robot therapy every day. The robot therapy will last 45 minutes, for 15 consecutive days within a maximum period of four weeks. Additional 15 minutes are required for placing surface electrodes on the shoulder and patient preparation. The study will include passive and active shoulder training of four movements: Horizontal abduction/adduction, abduction/adduction, internal/external rotation and flexion/extension. The passive part lasts 10 minutes and the active part 35 minutes.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	The RehaARM-Robot	Robot therapy by using a 3-Degrees-Of-Freedom (3DOFs) robot to train the shoulder.
BEHAVIORAL	Standard rehabilitation therapy	Standard therapy of stroke rehabilitation including speech, physical, occupational therapies and group activities.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-05-01
• Primary completion: 2016-04-01
• Completion: 2016-04-01
• First posted: 2014-12-22
• Last updated: 2017-07-02

Locations

2 sites across 2 countries: Austria, Italy