NCT04033185

To Investigate the Effects of Robotic-assisted Gait Training in Stroke Patients

Investigation Of The Effects Of Virtual Reality Application With Robotic Rehabilitation In Patients With Chronic Stroke.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Gazi University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The primary aim of the study was to investigate the effects of robot-assisted gait training and virtual reality on knee joint position sense in patients with chronic stroke. The secondary objective is to examine the effectiveness of these applications on functional gait and balance.

Detailed description

Despite widespread prevention programs worldwide and advances in acute and subacute management and treatment protocols, stroke remains one of the most common causes of adult disability, representing a serious global health problem. Sensory motor dysfunction, proprioception deficits and hypertonus may develop in stroke patients depending on the location and severity of the brain damaged areas. Virtual reality application, which has been widely used in recent years, is a three-dimensional, computer-generated technology that gives the patient a sense of reality and allows the patient to interact with it. Virtual reality application can be used as a suitable method for proprioceptive rehabilitation due to its ability to manipulate visual feedback of virtual objects. In recent years, another technological method that has been used in the field of neurorehabilitation is robotic rehabilitation. Robot-assisted gait training, which requires repetitive tasks, can enhance neuroplasticity and motor learning, which focuses on the rearrangement of brain tissue. Both technology-based rehabilitation approaches have been shown to be particularly effective in improving the sense of position in the upper extremity. However, studies investigating the effects of these two applications on lower extremity position sensation seem to be insufficient. We think that both methods will be effective in improving the sense of position.

Conditions

• Stroke
• Cerebrovascular Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	virtual reality, robot assisted gait training	study group: 15 sessions virtual reality, robot assisted gait training
OTHER	conventional treatment	study group: 15 sessions conventional treatment control group: 30 sessions conventional treatment

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-10-15
• Primary completion: 2019-12-05
• Completion: 2020-01-20
• First posted: 2019-07-25
• Last updated: 2020-02-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)