Rehab CARES In USA: Clinical Trial

Description

In Phase 2, Patients in a community-based setting who have had a stroke will be evaluated by rehabilitation professionals and asked to perform a battery of clinical assessments before and after standard of care and robot assisted therapy with Rehab CARES system of simple force-feedback robots that are adapted to deliver single and group therapy.

Conditions

Stroke, Hemiplegia

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

In Phase 2, Patients in a community-based setting who have had a stroke will be evaluated by rehabilitation professionals and asked to perform a battery of clinical assessments before and after standard of care and robot assisted therapy with Rehab CARES system of simple force-feedback robots that are adapted to deliver single and group therapy.

Rehabilitation Using Community-Based Affordable Robotic Exercise Systems (Rehab CARES)

Rehab CARES In USA: Clinical Trial

Condition
Stroke
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Philadelphia

Mercy Living Independently for Elders (L.I.F.E) - West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19145

Philadelphia

Penn Medicine Rittenhouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19146

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

  • * Age 55 and older (based on who is admitted to the CBR site)
  • * \>3 months post-stroke
  • * Stroke diagnosis
  • * Diagnosis of hemiparesis as a result of stroke (verified by radiology data)
  • * Motor control score on Upper Extremity Fugl-Meyer scale \> 15 and \< 60;
  • * Able to understand and speak
  • * Upper arm manual muscle strength scores \>1
  • * Pain Scores \< 8 based on NIH Pain Intensity Scale
  • * no cerebellum lesions due to stroke
  • * severe cognitive function

Ages Eligible for Study

55 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Pennsylvania,

Michelle J Johnson, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Pennsylvania

Alwyn Johnson, MS, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Recupero Robotics LLC

Study Record Dates

2025-08-30