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Robotic Hand Orthosis Providing Grasp Assistance for Patients With Brachial Plexus Injuries
NCT04939233 · Carilion Clinic · Updated 20 Oct 2025
- What is being tested
- Exoskeleton glove
- For
- Brachial Plexus 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 69 years. About 3 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- United States
- When
- Starts or started 1 July 2021, ends 28 Feb 2023. Registered 25 June 2021.
- Results
- Posted on the registry on 20 Oct 2025.
In the researchers' words
The proposed research, the development of an innovative robotic hand orthosis with intelligent grasping control, is relevant to public health as it will restore a large measure of functionality to the paralyzed hand of a person who has suffered a brachial plexus injury. The proposed orthosis will utilize novel technology that will result in a device that is compact, portable, dexterous, and intuitively controllable while overcoming the disadvantages of previously developed orthoses that rendered them difficult to use. The restoration of functionality to ones hands will significantly improve their quality of life as well as their ability to again participate in the workforce and complete dexterous activities in their daily lives.
Sites
- Carilion Clinic Institute for Orthopaedics and NeurosciencesRoanoke, Virginia, United States