NCT04851886

PostureCheck: A Vision-based Compensatory-posture-detection Tool for Robot-assisted Upper-limb Therapy

PostureCheck: A Vision-based Compensatory-posture-detection Tool to Enhance Performance of the BURT Upper-extremity Stroke-therapy

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 42 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The overall objective of this study is to assess whether robot-assisted upper-limb group rehabilitation can be effectively delivered by using a camera-based system equipped with machine learning algorithms to track the quality of the exercise performance and provide feedback accordingly. To address this question, we plan to carry out a randomized clinical trial to compare outcomes in subjects receiving robot-assisted upper-limb rehabilitation during individual (i.e., one-on-one) sessions and in subjects receiving robot-assisted upper-limb rehabilitation during group (i.e., up to three subjects) sessions.

Detailed description

The proposed study is a single-blinded randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effect of using the PostureCheck (a camera-based system equipped with machine learning algorithms to track the quality of the exercise performance) on motor gains in group and individual robot-assisted upper-limb. Study participants (stroke survivors) will be recruited at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital - Boston. Subjects will be randomly assigned to one of the two different groups: individual- or group-therapy using a covariate-adaptive allocation procedure to ensure important covariates, such as baseline Fugl-Meyer Assessment of the Upper Extremity (FMA-UE) scores and proprioceptive deficits, are balanced between groups.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	BURT	Robot-assisted upper-limb individual (i.e. one-on-one) rehabilitation will be delivered using the BURT system by Barrett Technology
DEVICE	BURT + PostureCheck	Robot-assisted upper-limb group (i.e. up to three subjects) rehabilitation will be delivered using the BURT system by Barrett Technology + PostureChek (a camera-based system to track the quality of the exercises)

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-04-26
• Primary completion: 2026-09-30
• Completion: 2026-12-31
• First posted: 2021-04-21
• Last updated: 2026-04-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated device study