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ENMS With Balance Feedback for Post-stroke Ankle-foot Rehabilitation
NCT04934787 · The Hong Kong Polytechnic University · Updated 22 June 2026
- What is being tested
- ENMS-BSF assisted gait training
- For
- Cerebrovascular Stroke; Foot Drop; Foot Inversion Deformity
- 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
- China
- When
- Starts or started 1 July 2021, ends 31 Dec 2027. Registered 22 June 2021.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
In this work, a novel hybrid ankle-foot robot is designed for gait rehabilitation after stroke, i.e., exoneuromusculoskeleton with balance sensing feedback (ENMS-BSF) by integrating the advantages of soft pneumatic muscle, functional electrical stimulation, exoskeleton and foot balance feedback in one system. With the assistance of the ENMS-BSF the foot drop and foot inversion could be corrected with improved muscle coordination in the paretic lower limb. The device is wearable and light-in-weight for unilateral application during walking. It is hypothesized that with the intervention of the ENMS-BSF the gait pattern of persons after stroke can be improved with long-term rehabilitative effects.
Sites
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong, China