Major Research Instrumentation Program: Development of an Innovative Instrument on Robot-Aided Virtual Rehabilitation for Intelligent Physical Training of Individuals With Disabilities (iRAPID)
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 18
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Step Length
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Investigate development of an Innovative Instrument on Robot-Aided and Virtual Reality Rehabilitation for Intelligent Physical Training (i.e. gait and stepping) of Individuals post-stroke.
Detailed Description
The participants will be asked to test the effectiveness of up to two games. Participants are stroke survivors with post-stroke hemiparesis, which is affecting their ability to walk and step.
Participants will be asked to go to the UAB Spain Rehabilitation Center where they will tested up to two games in a maximum of two sessions. Each session will last approximately two hours. Testing of the games will be done in a robotic device known as the KineAssistTM-MX (KA-MX).
The KA-MX is a robotic device that allows full freedom of motion for the body and pelvis during walking and balance tasks, and also helps to control your posture to enhance your balance and stability. The KA-MX also offers you safety while training and will catch you if you lose your balance. This assistance is available while participants are strapped into the device with a harness and the device allows them to walk over the treadmill with minimal things affecting their walking.
Before starting the performance conditions, participants will be asked to fill out a questionnaire that asks about demographics, apathy, balance confidence,and their experience with VR and gaming.
The study team will help participants into the KineAssist MX, and once secured in the device, they will be allowed to get acclimated to the device prior to approach the performance conditions. Then, they will perform three walking or stepping conditions that measure their maximum walking speed or maximum step length.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Non Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Health Services Research
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Individuals with hemiparesis in a chronic and stable stroke stage.
- •Able to follow instructions.
- •Able to walk independently without using assistive devices for up to three minutes.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Coronary heart disease.
- •Inability to stand and walk independently.
- •Other neurological diseases that impact balance and mobility other than the stroke.
- •Visual impairments that impact their ability to see, focus on and track movable objects.
Arms & Interventions
Augmented Feedback without Virtual Reality(VR)
Intervention: Augmented Feedback without Virtual Reality(VR (Other)
Augmented Feedback with Non-Game based VR
Intervention: Augmented Feedback with Non-Game based VR (Other)
Augmented Feedback with Game based VR
Intervention: Augmented Feedback with Game based VR (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Step Length
Time Frame: About Five Minutes
Maximum step length will be measured as traveled distance by the foot in centimeters.
Walking Speed
Time Frame: Three Minutes
ast walking speed will be measured on the KineAssist and quantified based on the distance covered in one minute as a meter per second.
Intrinsic Motivation
Time Frame: About Three Minutes
Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (IMI) will be used as measurement tool after performing each of the three conditions. The IMI consists of 22 questions rating from 1-7 in four subscales (interest/enjoyment, perceived competence, perceived choice, and pressure/tension). For this study, we will only use the Interest/Enjoyment subscale which contains seven questions and is considered as a self-report measure of intrinsic motivation
Secondary Outcomes
- Video games and VR experience(About Four Minutes)
- Apathy Evaluation Scale-Self rated version (AES-S)(About Five Minutes)
- Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE)(About Three Seconds)
- Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC)(About Three Minutes)
- Perceived competence,Perceived choice, and Pressure/tension(About Five Minutes)
- Flow State Scale (FSS)(About Five Minutes)
Investigators
Carmen Capo-Lugo
Principal Investigator
University of Alabama at Birmingham