Status:
COMPLETED
Exoskeletal Support in Stroke
Lead Sponsor:
NYU Langone Health
Conditions:
Stroke
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This interventional study will measure motor performance, including 3D movement analysis and muscle activity, in response to exoskeleton assistance. The cohort design will compare stroke patients to h...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Healthy controls:
- Having obtained the age of 18 years
- Neurologically healthy (i.e., no history of: traumatic brain injury, peripheral neuropathy, seizures, etc.)
- Strongly right-handed according to at least 80% score on the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory (Oldfield, 1971; Veale, 2013). The use of right-handed participants is a common feature in this field of study. This is due to the slight differences in arm control between left- and right-handed individuals (Sainburg \& Kalakanis, 2000).
- Ability to give informed consent
- Survivors of stroke:
- Having obtained the age of 18 years
- have a diagnosis of stroke more than six months prior to entry into the study;
- have the ability to reach, unsupported, to approximately 70% of arm length
- ability to give informed consent
Exclusion
- All participants
- have any conditions that limit their capability of using a Head Mounted Display (HMD) for a VR environment or cooperate with the protocol.
- have any orthopedic injuries to the upper extremities.
- Have neurological injuries other than stroke.
- Have excessive pain in any joint of either arm that could limit the ability to cooperate with the protocols.
- Visuospatial neglect
- Apraxia
- Global inattention
- Legal blindness
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 3 2024
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 29 2024
Estimated Enrollment :
19 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05996198
Start Date
January 3 2024
End Date
April 29 2024
Last Update
April 1 2025
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NYU Langone Health (222 East 41st Street)
New York, New York, United States, 10017