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The Effect of a Walking Assist Robot on Gait Function and Brain Activity in Stroke Patients and Elderly Adults
NCT03048968 · Samsung Medical Center · Updated 29 April 2019
- What is being tested
- Gait, sit-to-stand movement, stair climbing and treadmill gait; Sit-to-stand movement and treadmill gait; gait enhancing mechatronic system (GEMS); treadmill
- For
- Stroke; Healthy
- Kind of study
- Tests a treatment or device on volunteers. No drug phase (a device or procedure study).
- Who can join
- Ages 20 years to 84 years. About 40 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- South Korea
- When
- Starts or started 1 March 2017, ends 23 Oct 2017. Registered 9 Feb 2017.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the new wearable hip assist robot, gait enhancing and motivating system (GEMS) developed by Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd., Korea) on gait, sit-to-stand movement and cortical activation in elderly adults and stroke patients.
Sites
- Samsung Medical CenterSeoul, South Korea