Robot Assisted Upper Limb Neuro-Rehabilitation
- Conditions
- Acute Stroke
- Interventions
- Device: Robot-assisted therapyDevice: Traditional therapy
- Registration Number
- NCT00011583
- Lead Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
- Brief Summary
Our long term objectives are to understand the mechanisms of motor impairment following neurologic injury and to develop interventions to improve motor recovery. A series of complementary, overlapping clinical trials and development activities will validate and optimize the use of robot-assisted upper limb therapy for neuro rehabilitation.
We have developed a robotic system that assists or resists elbow and shoulder movements in three dimensional space. In addition to unilateral exercise modes, a novel bimanual mode enables hemiparetic subjects to practice mirror image upper limb exercises.
- Detailed Description
Randomized controlled clinical trial of the Mirror Image Movement Enabler (MIME) robotic device for shoulder and elbow neurorehabilitation in subacute stroke patients. MIME incorporates a PUMA 560 robot that applies forces to the paretic limb during unilateral and bilateral movements in three dimensions. Robot-assisted treatment (bilateral, unilateral, and combined bilateral and unilateral) was compared with conventional therapy.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Stroke patients
Unable to follow instructions; medically unstable.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description 1 Robot-assisted therapy 1 hour/day of mechanically-assisted upper limb therapy 2 Traditional therapy 1 hour/day of upper limb therapy that includes exposure to, but no manipulation by the robot
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Fugl-Meyer score end of training, 6-month follow-up
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Central Texas Veterans Health Care System
🇺🇸Temple, Texas, United States