Improving Recovery After Stroke Via Electrical Stimulation of Proprioceptors

NCT01689883 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1

Last updated 2017-04-24

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Summary

The overall objective of the study is to test whether the use of small electrical currents to stimulate proprioceptors of the upper limb has potential for improving robot-assisted upper-limb rehabilitation in stroke survivors.

Conditions

  • Chronic Stroke Survivors

Interventions

DEVICE

Current stimulator

This is a device developed by the investigators to produce sub-sensory electrical stimulation delivered via subcutaneous electrodes placed on the skin.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Wyss Institute at Harvard University

    collaborator OTHER
  • Center for Integration of Medicine & Innovative Technology

    collaborator OTHER
  • Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Paolo Bonato, PhD · Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-08-31
Primary Completion
2013-07-31
Completion
2013-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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