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Robot Assisted Upper Limb Neuro-Rehabilitation

NCT00011583 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2008-03-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Our long term objectives are to understand the mechanisms of motor impairment following neurologic injury and to develop interventions to improve motor recovery. A series of complementary, overlapping clinical trials and development activities will validate and optimize the use of robot-assisted upper limb therapy for neuro rehabilitation.

We have developed a robotic system that assists or resists elbow and shoulder movements in three dimensional space. In addition to unilateral exercise modes, a novel bimanual mode enables hemiparetic subjects to practice mirror image upper limb exercises.

Conditions

  • Acute Stroke

Interventions

DEVICE

Robot-assisted therapy

1 hour/day of mechanically-assisted upper limb therapy

DEVICE

Traditional therapy

1 hour/day of upper limb therapy that includes exposure to, but no manipulation by the robot

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Charles Burgar, MD · Central Texas Veterans Health Care System

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2000-01-31
Primary Completion
2003-12-31
Completion
2003-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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