NCT02711787

Efficacy of Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation of Hand Paralysis After Stroke

Efficacy of Short-Term Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation in Patients With Hand Paralysis After Stroke: a Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 32 (actual)
• Sponsor: Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Among robotic devices, Gloreha, with its compliant mechanical transmission, may represent an easily applied innovative solution to rehabilitation, because the hand can perform grasp and release activities wearing the device by mean of a flexible and light orthosis. Our objective on this research was to the robotic assisted motion and activity in additional to physiotherapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT), on stroke patients with hand paralysis.

Detailed description

The investigators evaluated the effectiveness of a robotic-assisted motion and activity in additional to physiotherapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT), on stroke patients with hand paralysis. A randomized controlled trial. The experimental group received a passive mobilization of the hand through the robotic device Gloreha and control group received a PT and OT for 3 consecutive weeks (3 days/week) in addition to traditional rehabilitation. Outcomes included the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS), Barthel index (BI), Motricity index (MI), short version of the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (quickDASH), and the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) measurements. All measures were collected at baseline and end of the intervention (3 weeks).

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Experimental group	Robotic assisted passive mobilization (Gloreha, Idrogenet, Italy) and traditional rehabilitation.
DEVICE	Control group	Physiotherapy and occupational therapy.
DEVICE	traditional rehabilitation	Assisted stretching, shoulder and arm exercises, and functional reaching tasks

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-07-01
• Primary completion: 2015-02-01
• Completion: 2015-06-01
• First posted: 2016-03-17
• Last updated: 2016-03-17