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CUHK Jockey Club HOPE 4 Care Programme - Ankle Robot

Not Applicable
Conditions
Stroke
Interventions
Device: Ankle Group
Registration Number
NCT03808428
Lead Sponsor
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Brief Summary

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust has supported CUHK to launch a three-year project 'CUHK Jockey Club HOPE4Care Programme' to implement four evidence-based advanced rehabilitation technologies in 40 local elderly day care centres and rehabilitation centres, to benefit the community. The Exoskeleton Ankle Robot is a robot-assisted Ankle-Foot-Orthosis to facilitate gait training of person after stroke with drop foot.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
120
Inclusion Criteria
  • have the ability to walk on the ground independently or with one personal assistance with or without walking aids
  • able to understand simple commends
Exclusion Criteria
  • have other neurological, neuromuscular, and orthopedic diseases
  • uncontrolled cardiovascular or respiratory disorders
  • moderate to severe contractures in the lower extremities

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Ankle GroupAnkle GroupIntegrated with force and motion sensors to identify gait phase and classify user walking intention using machine learning control algorithm.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Fugl-Meyer Assessment Lower Extremity (FMA-LE)3-month follow-up
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Functional Ambulation Classification (FAC)3-month follow-up
Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS)3-month follow-up
Berg Balance Scale (BBS)3-month follow-up
Timed 10-Meter Walk Test (10MWT)3-month follow-up
6 Minute Walk Test (6MWT)3-month follow-up

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

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Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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