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Robotically Augmented Mental Practice
NCT04962698 · Georgia Institute of Technology · Updated 19 Oct 2023
- What is being tested
- Visual motor imagery (MI); Kinesthetic MI; Robotic-Hand Interaction with MI; Robotic-Hand Interaction without MI; Virtual-Hand Interaction; Robotic Action Observation; Rest
- For
- Stroke
- 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 75 years. About 25 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- United States
- When
- Starts or started 11 May 2022, ends 16 May 2023. Registered 15 July 2021.
- Results
- Posted on the registry on 19 Oct 2023.
In the researchers' words
This project will develop and test a new paradigm of motor imagery for facilitating neuromotor excitability and performance of distal muscles in the upper limb by adopting a robotic prosthesis and integrating proven procedures for neuromotor facilitation. The scientific purpose of the study is to understand the effect of controlling a detached robotic prosthesis with proximal muscle activation on brain excitability of the resting arm muscles as well as reaction time. The efficacy of this task will be understood by comparing with other task conditions (motor imagery only, 2D visual feedback on a monitor, etc.) that do not involve the robotic prosthesis. The test of the developed system will be performed in healthy able-bodied adults. The feasibility of the system will be examined in post-stroke adults.
Sites
- Human Neuromuscular Physiology LabAtlanta, Georgia, United States