NCT04934787

ENMS With Balance Feedback for Post-stroke Ankle-foot Rehabilitation

Exo-neuro-musculo-skeleton With Balance Sensing Feedback for Ankle-foot Rehabilitation After Stroke

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In this work, a novel hybrid ankle-foot robot is designed for gait rehabilitation after stroke, i.e., exoneuromusculoskeleton with balance sensing feedback (ENMS-BSF) by integrating the advantages of soft pneumatic muscle, functional electrical stimulation, exoskeleton and foot balance feedback in one system. With the assistance of the ENMS-BSF the foot drop and foot inversion could be corrected with improved muscle coordination in the paretic lower limb. The device is wearable and light-in-weight for unilateral application during walking. It is hypothesized that with the intervention of the ENMS-BSF the gait pattern of persons after stroke can be improved with long-term rehabilitative effects.

Conditions

• Cerebrovascular Stroke
• Foot Drop
• Foot Inversion Deformity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	ENMS-BSF assisted gait training	1. ENMS-BSF will correct the foot-drop and foot inversion during post-stroke walking. 2. Each participant will receive 20 sessions device assisted training, with an intensity of 3-5 sessions/week, 1 hr/session. 3. In each session, a participant will complete the device-assisted walking on flat ground with a natural speed and with the aid of a four-pronged cane.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-07-01
• Primary completion: 2025-12-01
• Completion: 2025-12-01
• First posted: 2021-06-22
• Last updated: 2025-04-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China