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Robot-based Rehabilitation of Upper Limb Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis
NCT02711566 · Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ETS · Updated 17 March 2016
- What is being tested
- Physioassistant: Haptic training; Physioassistant: Sensorimotor training
- For
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Kind of study
- Tests a treatment or device on volunteers. No drug phase (a device or procedure study).
- Who can join
- Ages 18 years and older. About 41 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- Not stated
- When
- Starts or started Jan 2010, ends Dec 2011. Registered 17 March 2016.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
Robot-assisted therapy has proven effective in the neuromotor rehabilitation of eg stroke survivors. Robots can be programmed to interact with patients by guiding their movements, by monitoring their performance and by quantifying the type and degree of their impairment. A distinctive element of multiple sclerosis is the involvement of a variety of functional systems, in a way that is highly subject-specific. This requires a personalization of treatment, and continuous adaptation to changes in condition. This points to a need for integrating patient assessment, definition of rehabilitation protocols, their administration and the assessment of their outcome. The goal of this study is to assess, in persons with MS, the efficacy of a type of robot-assisted training that was specifically designed to counteract incoordination and muscle weakness (typical of MS), tailored to individual type and degree of impairment, when compared to simple movement training.