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The Effect of Exercise With Wearable Walking Assist Robot in Various Environments
NCT04920201 · Samsung Medical Center · Updated 1 March 2023
- What is being tested
- Over-ground walking without GEMS-H; Over-ground walking with GEMS-H with resist mode; Stair ascent with GEMS-H with assist mode; Incline walking with GEMS-H with assist mode
- For
- Aging
- 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 60 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- South Korea
- When
- Starts or started 7 June 2021, ends 30 Sept 2021. Registered 9 June 2021.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
This single-blinded, randomized, controlled trial includes 60 healthy adults. The participants were randomized to four different groups. The first group performed over-ground walking without GEMS-H, the second group performed over-ground walking with GEMS-H applied resistance mode, the third group performed stair ascent with GEMS-H applied assist mode, and the fourth group were designated as the group that performed inclined gait with GEMS-H applied assist mode on a treadmill. Each group is divided in 15 participants.
Sites
- Samsung Medical CenterSeoul, South Korea