Brain controlled robot for hand rehabilitation

Completed

• Conditions: Hemiplegia due to stroke

• Registration Number: CTRI/2018/05/013876
• Lead Sponsor: DST

Brief Summary

The primary purpose of the study is to find out the impact of BCI operated hand exoskeleton based combined mental and physical practice on hemiplegic stroke patients for hand functional recovery. The study protocol involves the recruitment of hemiplegic stroke patients suffering from hand disability for at least 6 months and conducting a hand therapy for 12-16 sessions spanning over 3 months. The intervention was to trigger the hand-exoskeleton using the patient’s brain wave followed by an assist-as-needed physical practice using the hand-exoskeleton only. The hypothesis was that the proposed intervention would lead to the motor functional recovery of the disabled hand.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-07-30
• Study Completion: 2016-10-31
• Last Update Posted: 2018-05-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 4

Inclusion Criteria

• Stroke patients suffering from hand plegia.
• Time since stroke greater than or equal to 6 months.

Exclusion Criteria

• 1.Cognitively impaired.
• 2.Having a history of epilepsy.
• 3.Medically unstable.
• High muscle spasticity in hand.
• High tremor in hand.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The hand functional recovery was measured using standard outcome measurement techniques such as grip strength(GS) using a dynamometer and action research arm test (ARAT) on the scale of 0 to 57. The performance of the brain activity was measured in terms of BCI classification accuracy and the event-related synchronization and de-synchronization in the brainwave.	The time points of outcome measurement were at every alternate session for GS and ARAT and for brain-activity it was at each session. It is to be noted that 2-3 sessions were done per week.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The secondary outcomes were the measurement of mood, fatigue and motivation of the participants on visual-analogue-scale (VAS) between 0 to 10.	Time points were after every session.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Regency Hospital; 🇮🇳 Nagar, UTTAR PRADESH, India

Regency Hospital

🇮🇳Nagar, UTTAR PRADESH, India

Dr Ashish Dutta

Principal investigator

9621488633

adutta@iitk.ac.in