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The Effect of a Wearable Hip Assist Robot on Cardiopulmonary Metabolic Efficiency During Stair Ascent in Elderly Adults

NCT03389165 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 15

Last updated 2018-01-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this study was to identify the assistance effect of the new wearable hip assist robot, gait enhancing mechatronic system (GEMS) developed by Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd., Korea) during stair ascent by comparing the energy expenditure of elderly adults with and without the GEMS.

Conditions

  • Gait, Unsteady
  • Health Behavior

Interventions

DEVICE

Wearable hip assist robot

All participants climbed stairs from the first basement level to the fourth floor of the Proton Therapy Center, Samsung Medical Center, Korea with and without a wearable hip assist robot. During climbing stairs, the metabolic energy expenditure of all participants was measured using a portable cardiopulmonary metabolic system (Cosmed K4b², Rome, Italy).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Samsung Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Yun-Hee Kim, MD, PhD · Samsung Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Max Age
84 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-10-16
Primary Completion
2017-11-10
Completion
2017-11-10

Countries

  • South Korea

Study Locations

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