Long-term Exercise Effect of EX1 Exercise Program

Samsung Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Aging

Treatments: Device: Without Wearable Hip Assist Robot(EX1); Behavioral: Exercise Program 2; Behavioral: Exercise Program 1; Device: Wearable Hip Assist Robot(EX1)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT05862077

2023-03-005

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a long-term exercise program using a wearable exoskeleton robot (EX1) on muscular strength in healthy adults aged 19 to under 65 years, compared to an exercise program without EX1.

Enrollment: 45 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy adults aged 19 to less than 65 years without a history of central nervous system disease

Exclusion criteria

• Those who have difficulty walking independently due to problems such as visual field defects or fractures
• Those who have difficulty participating in exercise programs due to adult diseases such as uncontrolled hypertension and diabetes
• Those who are at risk of falling while walking due to severe dizziness
• Those who are less than 140 cm or more than 185 cm in height that is not suitable size for the wearing of the walking assistance robot
• Those who are overweight based on body mass index (BMI) 35 or higher

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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45 participants in 3 patient groups

Overground walking exercise without EX1

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Exercise consists of 30 minutes of overground walking.

Treatment:

Device: Without Wearable Hip Assist Robot(EX1)

Exercise program 1 with EX1

Experimental group

Description:

Exercise program 1 consists of 30 minutes of overground walking.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Exercise Program 1

Device: Wearable Hip Assist Robot(EX1)

Exercise program 2 with EX1

Experimental group

Description:

Exercise program 2 consists of 30 minutes of overground walking.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Exercise Program 2

Device: Wearable Hip Assist Robot(EX1)