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The Efficacy and Safety of a New Power Exoskeleton Robot for Improving Walking Ability in Spinal Cord Injury Patients
NCT03548649 · Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan · Updated 7 June 2018
- What is being tested
- exoskeleton robot training
- For
- Spinal Cord Injuries; Complete Spinal Cord Injury; Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury
- 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 70 years. About 60 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- Taiwan
- When
- Starts or started 30 Aug 2017, ends 31 Dec 2018. Registered 7 June 2018.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
In Taiwan, there are more than 23,000 individuals with spinal cord injuries (SCI, mean age: 27 years), with an increment of new 1,200 SCI individuals each year. Recovery of ambulatory function is among the most important therapeutic goals because 92% of the individuals with SCI have to use the wheelchair for the rest of their lives. The lower limb powered exoskeleton robot, FREE Walk, used for training in this research was developed by FREE Bionics Inc. The main purpose of this research is to test the safety and feasibility of FREE Walk exoskeleton robot. In addition, the research will further investigate the range of injury levels for the intended SCI users and the learning time needed for the users to independently operate the exoskeleton robot.
Sites
- Taipei Venterans General HospitalTaipei, Taiwan