NCT03782948

Effect of Robotised Gait Training on Dynamic Balance, Symmetry and Push-off in Persons After Stroke

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 10 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Rehabilitation Institute, Republic of Slovenia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 99 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Rehabilitation robotics is increasingly used because it enables the patients to practice a wide array of movements. Dynamic balance training is essential for gait rehabilitation and robotised devices enhance repeatability, objectivity and precision of such training combined with monitoring and recording of kinematic and kinetic data. The aim of the study is to explore the effect of robot-assisted gait training on dynamic balance, symmetry and take-off in patients after stroke. The investigators will conduct a randomised intervention study where one group will receive visual feedback on gait status and the other group will receive kinetically-assisted training using a robotised device in addition to the visual feedback.

Detailed description

Gait training will start 3 weeks after admission to inpatient rehabilitation. It will last for 3 weeks, 5 times per week, 30 minutes per day. The first few sessions with the robotic device will serve to familiarise the patient with the BART device and training conditions. Further details are described in the Arms and Interventions section.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Standard gait training on BART without pelvic perturbations	The Balance Assisted Robot on Treadmill (BART) enables various types of gait training on treadmill with visual feedback. It interfaces to the pelvis of the walking subject in an actuated and admittance-controlled manner, thus providing transparent haptic interaction with negligible power transfer.
DEVICE	Robotised gait training with BART with pelvic perturbations	In addition to the standard gait training, the BART will deliver perturbations in the forward/backward and left/right direction.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-01-31
• Primary completion: 2020-12-31
• Completion: 2020-12-31
• First posted: 2018-12-20
• Last updated: 2021-02-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Slovenia