Evaluation of Gait Rehabilitation Robot of an End-Effector on Neuro-Muscular Pathway in Patients After Knee Arthroplasty

Ulsan University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee

Treatments: Device: Morning walk; Device: Ground Walker

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02962453

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Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to determine the clinical efficacy of gait rehabilitation robot through cortico-spinal-muscular pathway activation of the muscles remotely located from the end-effecter in patients after total knee arthroplasty.

Full description

pre-interventional evaluation; within 1 day of intervention start primary end point; 3 days after intervention start secondary end point; 5 days after intervention start

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients after Unilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty

Exclusion criteria

• brain disease, spinal cord injury, peripheral neuropathy, myopathy
• Inability to ambulate fully due to muscukoskeletal disorders
• MMSE<23
• history of arthroplasty surgery on either of legs
• Cardiac pacemaker
• Refusal of participation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Morning walk

Experimental group

Description:

Rehabilitation using end-effector type gait robot for 5days.

Treatment:

Device: Morning walk

Ground Walker

Active Comparator group

Description:

Rehabilitation using walker for 5days.

Treatment:

Device: Ground Walker