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Robotic-Assisted Training on Hand Function in Stroke

NCT07701577 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 34

Last updated 2026-07-14

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Summary

Stroke is a neurological deficit attributed to an acute focal injury of the central nervous system. A key component of stroke rehabilitation is improving upper limb function to reduce impairments and disabilities. A task-specific approach retraining for upper extremity control seeks to minimize impairments while maximizing the patient's functional performance. Technology-supported training is emerging to help therapists, patients, and the health system. Robotic devices allow to facilitate and control the complexity of a motor task. The benefits of robotic rehabilitation affect both therapists and patients: robot-assisted therapy can increase treatment compliance by way of introducing games or interactive upper limb tasks and patients can train independently with less supervision from therapists. Therefore, this study was conducted in line to determine the effect of robotic-assisted training on hand function in patients following a stroke.

Conditions

  • Stroke
  • Hand Function Impairment
  • Fine Motor Skills

Interventions

DEVICE

Robot-assisted training using the In motion robotic gym system

The Hand Wrist Assistive Rehabilitation Device or HWARD: 'exoskeleton with 3 degrees of freedom (flexion-extension of the fingers, thumb and wrist) that assists (through pneumatic actuators) the hand in the" grasp and release "movement. The patient is seated in front of a monitor, the hand is secured to the robot by three soft Velcro strips, The palm of the hand is left free allowing the grasping of real objects, as well as virtual ones. Its a 45 minutes session , three times per week, for 12 weeks.

OTHER

Conventional Physical Therapy Program

Passive, active-assisted, and active range of motion, and facilitation/inhibition techniques for 30 minutes, also Neuromuscular electrical stimulation for wrist extensors, and task-oriented exercise training for strengthening foe 30 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Adly A Adam

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mushira H Darwish, Professor · Cairo University; Faculty of Physical Therapy

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-05-01
Primary Completion
2026-03-01
Completion
2026-05-30

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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