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Clinical Investigation on Feasibility and Usability of the ABLE Exoskeleton Device for Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury to Perform Skills for Home and Community Environments

NCT05643313 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2023-10-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The loss of the ability to walk and the associated restriction of mobility presents a major challenge to people with spinal cord injury in an everyday environment designed for pedestrians. Exoskeletal technology has the potential to help people with impaired leg function to regain ambulation and thus improve their independence. This technology is not completely new, but due to their high access price (\~120k€/unit), high size and weight (\~25 kg), and need for trained physiotherapist supervision, commercially available exoskeletons are only found in large hospitals and only in very few cases get into patients' homes.

The company ABLE Human Motion S.L. (Barcelona, Spain) has developed a novel exoskeleton to overcome these disadvantages, which is more compact, lighter and easier to use.

The primary objective of this study is to determine the feasibility and usability of the ABLE Exoskeleton for persons with SCI to perform skills in home and community environments.

Conditions

  • Spinal Cord Injuries

Interventions

DEVICE

ABLE Exoskeleton

The ABLE Exoskeleton is a lower-limb overground robotic exoskeleton intended for SCI patients for rehabilitation in a clinical setting.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital Heidelberg

    collaborator OTHER

  • Institut Guttmann

    collaborator OTHER

  • ABLE Human Motion S.L.

    lead INDUSTRY

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DEVICE_FEASIBILITY
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-11-25
Primary Completion
2023-08-28
Completion
2023-08-28

Countries

  • Germany
  • Spain

Study Locations

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