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Facilitating Neuroplastic Changes of Acute Stroke Survivors

Description

This project will develop a wearable rehabilitation robot suitable for in-bed acute stage rehabilitation. It involves robot-guided motor relearning, passive and active motor-sensory rehabilitation early in the acute stage post-stroke including patients who are paralyzed with no motor output. The early acute stroke rehabilitation device will be evaluated in this clinical trial.

Conditions

Stroke
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Study overview

This project will develop a wearable rehabilitation robot suitable for in-bed acute stage rehabilitation. It involves robot-guided motor relearning, passive and active motor-sensory rehabilitation early in the acute stage post-stroke including patients who are paralyzed with no motor output. The early acute stroke rehabilitation device will be evaluated in this clinical trial.

Facilitating Neuroplastic Changes of Acute Stroke Survivors With Severe Hemiplegia

Facilitating Neuroplastic Changes of Acute Stroke Survivors

Condition
Stroke
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Baltimore

University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21201

Baltimore

UMROI, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21207

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Acute first time unilateral hemispheric stroke (hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke, 24 hours after admission to 1 month post-stroke at the start of the proposed treatment)
  • * Hemiplegia or hemiparesis
  • * 0≤Manual Muscle Testing (MMT)\<=2
  • * Age 30-85
  • * Ankle impairments including stiff calf muscles and/or inadequate dorsiflexion
  • * Medically not stable
  • * Associated acute medical illness that interferes with ability to training and exercise
  • * No impairment or very mild ankle impairment of ankle
  • * Severe cardiovascular problems that interfere with ability to perform moderate movement exercises
  • * Cognitive impairment or aphasia with inability to follow instructions
  • * Severe pain in legs
  • * Severe ankle contracture greater than 15° plantar flexion (when pushing ankle to dorsiflexion)
  • * Pressure ulcer, recent surgical incision or active skin disease with open wounds present below knee

Ages Eligible for Study

30 Years to 85 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Maryland, Baltimore,

Li-Qun Zhang, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Maryland

Study Record Dates

2028-08-31