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Role of Armeo-Power and Muscle Vibration in Upper Limb Rehabilitation
NCT03110718 · IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo · Updated 12 April 2017
- What is being tested
- ArmeoP+real MV
- For
- Stroke
- Kind of study
- Tests a treatment or device on volunteers. No drug phase (a device or procedure study).
- Who can join
- Ages 18 years to 80 years. About 20 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- Not stated
- When
- Starts or started 2 Jan 2015, ends 1 Oct 2015. Registered 12 April 2017.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
Muscle vibration (MV) has been suggested as a useful non-pharmacological approach to control spasticity. Armeo Power® (AP) is a robotic exoskeleton for rehabilitation allowing early rehabilitation treatment. The objective of our study was to determine whether AP training coupled with MV applied on antagonist muscles of the spastic upper limb (UL) can reduce the spasticity of agonist muscles. We enrolled 20 chronic post-stroke patients, who underwent 40 daily sessions of AP training. Ten subjects (group-A) received muscle MV (on triceps brachii, deltoid, and supraspinatus), whereas the other 10 (group-B) underwent a sham vibration.