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Extension of the MIME Robotic System for Stroke Rehabilitation
NCT00995774 · US Department of Veterans Affairs · Updated 20 Sept 2018
- What is being tested
- robotic therapy; conventional functional training; robotic therapy; conventional functional training
- For
- Stroke; Impaired Upper Extremity Function
- Kind of study
- Tests a treatment or device on volunteers. Phase 2.
- Who can join
- Ages 21 years to 90 years. About 12 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- United States
- When
- Starts or started June 2010, ends May 2012. Registered 15 Oct 2009.
- Results
- Posted on the registry on 14 Feb 2014.
In the researchers' words
The goal of this project is to develop and test a new robotic system to accommodate practice of tasks requiring reach, grasp and release of objects. Our previous work has shown that the MIME robot is safe and effective for improving reach in stroke subjects. But adequate control of hand movements is critical to a functional upper limb, and is often resistant to conventional therapeutic interventions. Many stroke survivors have residual ability to flex the fingers, but extension is often limited and impeded by increased passive stiffness in flexors, abnormal levels of increased tone in flexors and weakness in extensors. In a recent study, 38% of stroke survivors reported that impaired hand function was the most disabling motor impairment they faced.
Sites
- VA Medical Center, DCWashington D.C., District of Columbia, United States