Comparisons of Two Types of Rehabilitation Robot for Upper Extremities

National Rehabilitation Center, Seoul, Korea

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Device: 2D end-effector type robot; Device: 3D exoskeleton type robot

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03104881

NRC-2015-01-005

Details and patient eligibility

About

Comparisons of two types of rehabilitation robot for upper extremities: 3 dimension exoskeleton type upper extremity robot vs. 2 dimension end-effector type robot)

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Hemiplegic patients secondary to first cerebrovascular accidents
• Onset ≥ 3 months
• 8 ≤ Fugl-Meyer Assessment score ≤ 30
• Shoulder or elbow flexor spasticity modified ashworth scale ≤ 3
• 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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40 participants in 2 patient groups

3D exoskeleton type robot

Experimental group

Description:

3 dimension exoskeleton type upper extremity robot

Treatment:

Device: 3D exoskeleton type robot

2D end-effector type robot

Experimental group

Description:

2 dimension end-effector type upper extremity robot

Treatment:

Device: 2D end-effector type robot