NCT03828110

The Effectiveness of Robotic Gait Training in Children With Neurological Impairment

Investigating the Effectiveness of Robotic-Assisted Gait Training (RAGT) in the Rehabilitation of Children With Neurological Impairment Due to Acquired Brain Injury or Cerebral Palsy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 200 (actual)
• Sponsor: IRCCS Eugenio Medea · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 4 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The recovery of walking ability is one of the primary rehabilitation goals for children with neurological impairment. The aim of the study is to investigate the clinical effectiveness of rehabilitation treatments based of Robotic-Assisted Gait Training (RAGT). Additional goals of the research are to identify the specific effects of RAGT in children with different etiologies (acquired brain injury and cerebral palsy) and with different levels of function (according to the Gross Motor Function Classification System).

Conditions

• Acquired Brain Injury
• Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Robotic Assisted Gait Training (Lokomat)	The RAGT treatment consisted of sessions lasting 45 minutes each performed with the commercially available Lokomat device. The same exercises were offered to the children with preset duration, speed, and difficulty. For all patients, the initial body-weight support was set at 50%, and was then gradually decreased according to the individual functional capacity. The guidance force was initially set to 100% for all children, and then gradually reduced.
PROCEDURE	Physiotherapy	The physiotherapic sessions aimed at strengthening the gluteus and quadriceps muscles, stretching the hip flexor and hamstrings muscles, increasing static balance, increasing dynamic balance, increasing functional abilities, improving ground gait and climbing stairs.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-05-01
• Primary completion: 2019-04-30
• Completion: 2019-04-30
• First posted: 2019-02-04
• Last updated: 2020-02-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy