NCT03893786

Robotic Rehabilitation of Upper Limb in PD

Upper Limb Rehabilitation Using Armeo Spring in Patients With Parkinson's Disease.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

It has been shown that robot-assisted therapy may be considered an effective and reliable method for the delivery of highly repetitive training useful to boost neuroplasticity. Thus, an early, intensive, repetitive and task oriented training could be an ideal strategy to facilitate relearning of motor function and to improve motor function. The ARMEO-S® is a specific upper limb electromedical device mainly used to reduce spasticity and improve muscle force. To date robotic upper limb training has been applied only in patiebts with brain injury and spinal cord lesions. Aim of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of ARMEO-S in improving upper limb agility in a sample of PD patients, as compared to traditional physiotherapy.

Conditions

• Parkinson Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Robotic Rehabilitation	Fifteen patients with Parkinson's Disease will perform ten 45-minute training sessions of the upper limb bilaterally with the Armeo®Spring, an electromedicad device aimed at improving force and coordination in neurologically affected patients. The device was built to sustain the forearm during the upperlimb training and is equipped with a VR screen with which the patient may interact during the playful and motivating rehab.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-07-01
• Primary completion: 2020-04-01
• Completion: 2020-04-01
• First posted: 2019-03-28
• Last updated: 2019-08-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy