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The Effect of a Wearable Hip Assist Robot on Cardiopulmonary Metabolic Efficiency During Stair Ascent in Elderly Adults
NCT03389165 · Samsung Medical Center · Updated 3 Jan 2018
- What is being tested
- Wearable hip assist robot
- For
- Gait, Unsteady; Health Behavior
- Kind of study
- Tests a treatment or device on volunteers. No drug phase (a device or procedure study).
- Who can join
- Ages 65 years to 84 years. About 15 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- South Korea
- When
- Starts or started 16 Oct 2017, ends 10 Nov 2017. Registered 3 Jan 2018.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
The aim of this study was to identify the assistance effect of the new wearable hip assist robot, gait enhancing mechatronic system (GEMS) developed by Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd., Korea) during stair ascent by comparing the energy expenditure of elderly adults with and without the GEMS.
Sites
- Samsung Medical CenterSeoul, South Korea