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Use of the LOK® Robotic Gait Trainer in the Early Rehabilitation of Children After an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
NCT03678064 · Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital · Updated 19 Sept 2024
- What is being tested
- Lokomat
- For
- Injury, Brain
- Kind of study
- Tests a treatment or device on volunteers. No drug phase (a device or procedure study).
- Who can join
- Ages 5 years to 18 years. About 7 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- Canada
- When
- Starts or started 5 June 2018, ends 15 March 2020. Registered 19 Sept 2018.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
After an acquired brain injury (ABI), children often require extensive physiotherapy (PT) to help them relearn to walk. There is promising evidence in pediatric neuro-motor conditions of the possibility for brain activation pattern changes in response to repetitive, task-oriented functional gait training. Robotic-assisted gait training devices such as the Lokomat (LOK) allow this type of intensive walking retraining. The aim of this study is to assess the safety, feasibility and outcome possibilities linked to a LOK intervention given as 2 of the child's 4 PT weekly sessions over 8-weeks in the early stages of rehabilitation after an ABI.
Sites
- Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation HospitalToronto, Ontario, Canada