Robot-Aided Neurorehabilitation of the Upper Extremities
- Conditions
- Robot-aided Arm Therapy, Brain Injury, Motor Relearning Programme, Activities of Daily Living
- Registration Number
- NCT02434237
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Zurich
- Brief Summary
Task-oriented repetitive movement can improve movement performance in patients with neurological or orthopedic lesions. The application of robotics can serve to assist, enhance, evaluate, and document neurological and orthopedic rehabilitation of movements. Arm therapy is used in neurological rehabilitation for patients with paralyzed upper extremities due to lesions of the central or peripheral nervous system, e.g. after stroke or spinal cord injury. The goal of the therapy is to recover motor function, improve movement coordination, learn new motion strategies ("trick movements"), and/or prevent secondary complications such as muscle atrophy, osteoporosis, and spasticity.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 45
Patients with neurological disability of the upper limb with qualification for arm training, e.g. after stroke and spinal cord injury
- limitations of the join mobility
- osteoporosis
- cardiovascular disease
- injury of the upper limb
- decubitus
- psychic diseases (like schizophrenia, dementia, depression)
- Body weight > 120kg
- pacemaker.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The acceptanece of the arm rehabilitation robot therapy and the influence to the motivation through the visual feedback. A measure lasts approx. 90 minutes. Every participant once.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Zurich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
🇨ðŸ‡Zurich, Switzerland