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NCT Number: NCT02434237

Robot-Aided Neurorehabilitation of the Upper Extremities

Task-oriented repetitive movement can improve movement performance in patients with neurological or orthopedic lesions. The application of robotics can serve to assist, enhance, evaluate, and document neurological and orthopedic rehabilitation of movements. Arm therapy is used in neurological rehabilitation for patients with paralyzed upper extremities due to lesions of the central or peripheral nervous system, e.g. after stroke or spinal cord injury. The goal of the therapy is to recover motor function, improve movement coordination, learn new motion strategies ("trick movements"), and/or prevent secondary complications such as muscle atrophy, osteoporosis, and spasticity.

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Key information

Conditions

Robot-aided Arm Therapy, Brain Injury, Motor Relearning Programme, Activities of Daily Living Brain Diseases Brain Injuries Central Nervous System Diseases Craniocerebral Trauma Nervous System Diseases Trauma, Nervous System Wounds and Injuries

Age range

18 year–75 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

University of Zurich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

Zurich, Canton of Zurich, 8008, Switzerland

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Patients with neurological disability of the upper limb with qualification for arm training, e.g. after stroke and spinal cord injury

Exclusion criteria

  • limitations of the join mobility
  • osteoporosis
  • cardiovascular disease
  • injury of the upper limb
  • decubitus
  • psychic diseases (like schizophrenia, dementia, depression)
  • Body weight > 120kg
  • pacemaker.

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. The acceptanece of the arm rehabilitation robot therapy and the influence to the motivation through the visual feedback.

    Time frame: A measure lasts approx. 90 minutes. Every participant once.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Zurich

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2005
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
May 5, 2015
Registry last updated
May 5, 2015

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