NCT03869879

Mobility Rehab, a Therapist-assisted System for Gait Rehabilitation

Mobility Rehab: A Feedback System for Mobility Rehabilitation for Older Adults

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 300 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Oregon Health and Science University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years – 89 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Phase II of this study includes a pragmatic clinical trial which will take place at Northwest Rehabilitation Associates (NWRA) in Salem, OR to verify the efficacy of the system in a physical therapy clinic.

Detailed description

This Phase II project is a collaboration among: 1) APDM, an innovative small business that has successfully commercialized several innovative products to quantify human movement; 2) the Balance Disorders Laboratory in the department of Neurology at Oregon Health \& Science University (OHSU); and 3) NorthWest Rehabilitation Associates (NWRA), a nationally-recognized outpatient rehabilitation center that will test the effectiveness of Mobility Rehab for adults with mobility disturbances. The objective of this Phase II application is to prepare the Mobility Rehab system for commercialization and demonstrate its efficacy for mobility training. Our hypothesis is that feedback-based rehabilitation will be more effective than standard rehabilitation for gait in older adults with gait disturbances. In this Phase II, we will use a pragmatic clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of Mobility Rehab on 300 patients with various types of gait disturbances in a physical therapy clinic. In addition to visual feedback, the system will be optimized in Phase II to also provide verbal feedback commands for patients during training.

Conditions

• Parkinson Disease
• Stroke
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Gait Disorders, Neurologic
• Gait Disorder, Sensorimotor
• Gait, Unsteady
• Gait Ataxia
• Gait, Stumbling
• Gait, Shuffling

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Feedback-assisted physical therapy	The system uses unobtrusive, wearable, inertial sensors with real-time algorithms to provide real-time feedback on: step time asymmetry, foot clearance, arm swing, trunk lateral range, and foot strike angle during gait.
OTHER	Traditional physical therapy	Therapists will treat these patients with traditional therapeutic modalities and practices.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-07-24
• Primary completion: 2021-05-30
• Completion: 2021-05-30
• First posted: 2019-03-11
• Last updated: 2020-05-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States