RECRUITING

Hybrid Robot+FES Stroke Rehabilitation

Study Overview

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Description

The investigators have developed a novel robot-guided stretching under intelligent control and combine it with active movement training, which helped increase joint ROM, reduce spasticity and joint stiffness, increase muscle force output, and improve locomotion. However, for stroke survivors with sensorimotor impairment, their peripheral muscle may not sufficiently be recruited. Functional electrical stimulation (FES), has been shown its advantage to activate the peripheral muscles for people with neurological conditions. The investigators thus make a hybrid robot-FES rehabilitation system, combining the advantage of robot and FES technologies for stroke motor recovery. The investigators further would like to translate the technologies from lab to home-based training. Thus, the investigators will conduct a randomized, controlled, primarily home-based clinical trial using an ankle robot alone or combined with functional electrical stimulation (FES) to treat sensorimotor and locomotion impairments post-stroke.

Official Title

Assessment Followed by Home-based Hybrid Robot + FES Rehabilitation Post-stroke

Quick Facts

Study Start:2021-08-01
Study Completion:2026-12-31
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT04550728

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.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years to 85 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:No
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * Age 18-85;
  2. * Able to ambulate at least 10 meters without human assistance, with or without an assistive device
  3. * ≥ 6 months post stroke;
  4. * having a caregiver to assist in training at home.
  1. * having expressive and receptive aphasia;
  2. * an inability to follow multi-step commands;
  3. * enrolled in another lower limb rehabilitation program;
  4. * having severe pain in the paralyzed lower-limb;
  5. * \>30º ankle plantar flexion contracture;
  6. * Having implanted electronic device such as a pacemaker, spinal cord, or deep brain stimulator because FES may potentially interfere with their functions.

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Li-qun Zhang, PhD
CONTACT
410 706 2145
L-Zhang@som.umaryland.edu

Study Locations (Sites)

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

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: University of Maryland, Baltimore

Study Record Dates

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Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2021-08-01
Study Completion Date2026-12-31

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2021-08-01
Study Completion Date2026-12-31

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • stroke
  • functional electrical stimulation
  • robot training

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Stroke