A lower-limb powered exoskeleton for stroke patients: a feasibility study
- Conditions
- Stroke
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON28821
- Lead Sponsor
- Roessingh Research and Development
- Brief Summary
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- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 5
• Age above 18 years
• Willing to provide informed consent
• Left unilateral ischemic or haemorrhagic chronic (> 6 months) stroke
• Hemiparetic right leg
• Problems with stability in stance, insufficient push-off, problems with foot clearance during swing and/or problems with foot prepositioning in early stance. (Nikamp et al., 2018)
• Functional Ambulation Categories (FAC) score = 3, participants are able to walk without manual assistance on a flat surface.
• Able to walk without walking aids (such as crutch, four-wheeled walker)
• Able to read and understand questionnaires and able to understand and execute commands, both in Dutch.
• High levels of spasticity of muscle tone (resistance to passive movement), as represented by modified Ashworth scale scores of 3 or higher
• Premorbid disability of lower extremity
• Progressive neurological diseases like, dementia or Parkinson
• Skin lesions or severely impaired sensation at the hemiparetic leg
• Contraindication for mobilization, like lower limb fracture
• Pregnancy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The main outcome parameter is joint angle of the ankle and knee, derived from the position data in sagittal plane. In other words, the dorsiflexion and plantarflexion in the ankle and the extension and flexion in the knee.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method