Bimanual Motor Skill Learning Through Robotics in Stroke Survivors and Healthy Individuals
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Stroke
- Sponsor
- University Hospital of Mont-Godinne
- Enrollment
- 100
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- bi-SAT, bimanual Speed/Accurady Trade-off measured by the REAplan robot
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
To test the capacity of healthy and chronic stroke patients to learn and retain a complex bimanual motor skill, trained on the neurorehabilitation robot REAplan (R) (bimanual version).
Detailed Description
Over 3 consecutive days, healthy individuals and chronic stroke patients (1) will be evaluated and (2) will train on the neurorehabilitation robot REAplan(R). They will practice several tasks on the robot REAplan (R) (bimanual version), requiring either movements with the affected arm (unimanual tasks) and complex, coordinated movements with both arms (bimanual tasks). In addition, several "classical" clinical scales and tests will be used to evaluate overall motor-sensory-cognitive functions (clinical tests, questionnaires, ...).
Investigators
Pr Yves Vandermeeren, MD, PhD
MD, PhD, Neurologist, Principal Investigator, Clinical Professor
University Hospital of Mont-Godinne
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •having a chronic stroke (\>6 months)
- •aged 18-90 years
- •with demonstrate a stroke lesion on brain imaging.
Exclusion Criteria
- •difficulty in understanding or executing commands
- •drug/alcohol abuse
- •severe aphasia / cognitive deficits interfering with study
- •inability to voluntarily move the affected arm (i.e. complete paralysis of the arm)
- •multiple strokes / dementia / psychiatric condition
- •botulinum toxin injections (to be evaluated)
- •HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS :
- •Inclusion Criteria:
- •18-90 years
- •Exclusion Criteria:
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
bi-SAT, bimanual Speed/Accurady Trade-off measured by the REAplan robot
Time Frame: change between baseline (Day 1) and after training (Day 3)
bimanual Speed/Accurady Trade-off: mathematical computation of the relationship bewteen speed and accuracy
bi-Force, bimanual Coordination factor measured by the REAplan robot
Time Frame: change between baseline (Day 1) and after training (Day 3)
bimanual forces, forces exerted in the wrong direction by each arm (Newtons)
bi-CO, bimanual Coordination factor measured by the REAplan robot
Time Frame: change between baseline (Day 1) and after training (Day 3)
bimanual Coordination factor, mathematical measure of the phase coherence between speeds of both arms
Secondary Outcomes
- bi-CO on bimanual REACHING (REAplan robot)(change between baseline (Day 1) and after training (Day 3))
- bi-smoothness on bimanual REACHING (REAplan robot)(change between baseline (Day 1) and after training (Day 3))
- BBT(change between baseline (Day 1) and after training (Day 3))
- bi-error on bimanual REACHING (REAplan robot)(change between baseline (Day 1) and after training (Day 3))
- bi-SAT on bimanual REACHING (REAplan robot)(change between baseline (Day 1) and after training (Day 3))
- bi-Force on bimanual REACHING (REAplan robot)(change between baseline (Day 1) and after training (Day 3))
- whole-hand GF(change between baseline (Day 1) and after training (Day 3))
- Visual Analog Scale for fatigue (VAS fatigue)(change between baseline (Day 1) and after training (Day 3))