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Robot Assisted Upper Limb Neuro-Rehabilitation
NCT00011583 · US Department of Veterans Affairs · Updated 11 March 2008
- What is being tested
- Robot-assisted therapy; Traditional therapy
- For
- Acute Stroke
- Kind of study
- Tests a treatment or device on volunteers. Phase 2.
- Who can join
- Ages 18 years and older. About 60 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- United States
- When
- Starts or started Jan 2000, ends Dec 2003. Registered 26 Feb 2001.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
Our long term objectives are to understand the mechanisms of motor impairment following neurologic injury and to develop interventions to improve motor recovery. A series of complementary, overlapping clinical trials and development activities will validate and optimize the use of robot-assisted upper limb therapy for neuro rehabilitation. We have developed a robotic system that assists or resists elbow and shoulder movements in three dimensional space. In addition to unilateral exercise modes, a novel bimanual mode enables hemiparetic subjects to practice mirror image upper limb exercises.
Sites
- Central Texas Veterans Health Care SystemTemple, Texas, United States