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Evaluation of Robot Assisted Neuro-rehabilitation
In Brief
A Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating Robot Therapy and Transition to Task Training for Stroke. Completed, enrolled 59 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Robotic devices are capable of providing therapy to the arm of patients with weakness due to stroke. Robotic therapy improves some aspects of stroke related arm weakness, but the use of the weak arm for real life situations often remains limited. The goal of this study is to determine the best way to use robotic devices and functional task training to improve the use of the stroke affected arm for real life situations. A secondary goal of this study is to determine how or if specific areas of the brain are excited before and after training. The use of a safe and painless magnetic field directed at the brain called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) will be used at set intervals to gain a better understanding of brain activity during recovery.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Robot assisted arm exercise for 60 minutes progressing each month through three robot modules: wrist, planar, and alternating sessions on the wrist and planar robot 3x/week for 12 weeks.
Robot therapy as described for 45 minutes and 15 minutes of task specific arm exercise using the hemiparetic arm 3x/week for 12 weeks.