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Robot-Aided Neurorehabilitation of the Upper Extremities
NCT02434237 · University of Zurich · Updated 5 May 2015
- What is being tested
- Not stated
- For
- Robot-aided Arm Therapy, Brain Injury, Motor Relearning Programme, Activities of Daily Living
- Kind of study
- Watches patients without assigning a treatment. No drug phase (a device or procedure study).
- Who can join
- Ages 18 years to 75 years. About 45 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- Switzerland
- When
- Starts or started March 2005, ends March 2015. Registered 5 May 2015.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
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.
Sites
- University of Zurich, Swiss Federal Institute of TechnologyZurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland