Comparisons of Two Types of Armeo Robot for Upper Extremities

National Rehabilitation Center, Seoul, Korea

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Device: Armeo spring; Device: Armeo power

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03465267

NRC-2017-01-007

Details and patient eligibility

About

Comparison of two types of robot (Armeo power vs Armeo spring) for upper extremity rehabilitation on upper extremity function

Full description

The purpose of this study is to compare two types of robot. The robot used in this experiment was Armeo power and Armeo spring. Armeo power could provide assistive force via motor, on the other hand, Armeo spring could not provide any assist.

Thus the results from this study might suggest usefulness of motorized robot.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Hemiplegic patients secondary to first cerebrovascular accidents
• Onset ≥ 3 months
• 26 ≤ Fugl-Meyer Assessment score ≤ 50
• 3 ≤ Shoulder or elbow MRC scale ≤ 4
• Shoulder or elbow flexor spasticity modified ashworth scale ≤ 1+
• Cognitively intact enough to understand and follow the instructions from the investigator

Exclusion criteria

• History of surgery of affected upper limb
• Fracture of affected upper limb

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Armeo power

Experimental group

Description:

Armeo power robot for upper extremity

Treatment:

Device: Armeo power

Armeo spring

Experimental group

Description:

Armeo spring robot for upper extremity

Treatment:

Device: Armeo spring