Status:

COMPLETED

Clinical Feasibility of Minimally Supervised Therapy After Stroke With a Hand Rehabilitation Robot

Lead Sponsor:

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

Collaborating Sponsors:

Clinica Hildebrand Brissago

Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory, ETHZ

Conditions:

Stroke

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-90 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The ReHapticKnob is a robot for hand rehabilitation after stroke. We aim to investigate the feasibility of minimally supervised therapy with the ReHapticKnob with stroke patients in a rehabilitation c...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Male and female stroke patients between 18 and 90 years old;
  • pre-stroke Modified Rankin Score ≤ 1;
  • acute/subacute stroke (within (≤) 6 weeks from onset);
  • NIHSS ≥ 1 in at least one of the items regarding motor function, sensory functions and ataxia;
  • the patient read, understood and signed the informed consent.

Exclusion

  • Modified Ashworth Scale \> 2 for one or more of the following muscles: shoulder adductors, forearm pronator and supinator, flexors and extensors of elbow, wrist and fingers;
  • moderate to severe aphasia: Goodglass-Kaplan scale \< 3;
  • moderate to severe cognitive deficits: levels of cognitive functioning-revised (LCF-R) \< 8;
  • functional impairment of the upper limb due to other pathologies;
  • severe pain in the affected arm: visual analogue scale for pain (VASp) ≥ 5;
  • other pathologies which may interfere with the study;
  • pacemakers and other active implants.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 11 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 14 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

23 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04388891

Start Date

August 11 2020

End Date

September 14 2023

Last Update

February 22 2024

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Clinica Hildebrand Centro di riabiliazione Brissago

Brissago, Canton Ticino, Switzerland, 6614