Robot-Aided Neurorehabilitation of the Upper Extremities

University of Zurich (UZH)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Robot-aided Arm Therapy, Brain Injury, Motor Relearning Programme, Activities of Daily Living

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02434237

EK 04 2005

Details and patient eligibility

About

Task-oriented repetitive movement can improve movement performance in patients with neurological or orthopedic lesions. The application of robotics can serve to assist, enhance, evaluate, and document neurological and orthopedic rehabilitation of movements. Arm therapy is used in neurological rehabilitation for patients with paralyzed upper extremities due to lesions of the central or peripheral nervous system, e.g. after stroke or spinal cord injury. The goal of the therapy is to recover motor function, improve movement coordination, learn new motion strategies ("trick movements"), and/or prevent secondary complications such as muscle atrophy, osteoporosis, and spasticity.

Enrollment

45 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 75 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients with neurological disability of the upper limb with qualification for arm training, e.g. after stroke and spinal cord injury

Exclusion criteria