Brain/Neural Hand Exoskeleton Control for Restoration of Bimanual Tasks

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Spinal Cord Injury; Stroke
• Interventions: Device: Brain/neural hand exoskeleton (B/NHE)

• Registration Number: NCT04440709
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital Tuebingen

Brief Summary

This study investigates whether spinal cord injury and stroke survivors (n=10) are able to operate a brain/neural hand exoskeleton (B/NHE) based on electroencephalography (EEG) and electrooculography (EOG) for restoration of bimanual activities of daily living (ADLs). To assess bimanual ADLs, the Berlin Bimanual Task Assessment (BEBITA) will be applied. Improvements in BEBITA will be evaluated with and without B/NHE use.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2020-06
• Study Start: 2020-06
• Study First Submitted: 2020-06-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-06-18
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-06-18
• Study First Posted: 2020-06-22
• Last Update Posted: 2020-06-22
• Primary Completion: 2020-07
• Study Completion: 2020-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Brain/neural hand exoskeleton (B/NHE)	Brain/neural hand exoskeleton (B/NHE)	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Berlin Bimanual Task Assessment (BEBITA) score	Hand function will be assessed twice on the same day. Once before the hand exoskeleton is applied (absence of the assistive device) and once after the brain-controlled hand exoskeleton was attached to the patients' hand and arm.

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

University Hospital Tuebingen; 🇩🇪 Tuebingen, BW, Germany

Charité - University Medicine Berlin; 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany