SPiRE Maestro Hand Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation Post Stroke

VA Office of Research and Development

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Device: Exoskeleton

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT04978467

A3869-P

Details and patient eligibility

About

The research team will develop a novel training tool to improve finger joint coordination, to address the unmet need in the current rehabilitation, thereby enhancing hand function and contributing to improved independence and quality of life for Veterans with stroke.

Full description

The research team will determine feasibility of training using CA and TA controllers in subacute stroke. Specifically, we will examine if joint coordination improves over a training session. The investigators will compare the extent of improvement for each controller and impairment severity.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult Veterans with a stroke 1-6 months ago
• Ability to move fingers (Chedoke-McMaster Hand Section Stage 2-4)

Exclusion criteria

• Inability to follow 2-step commands
• Severe muscle tone prohibiting proper placement of the fingers (Modified Ashworth Scale, MAS=5 out of 5)
• Change in spasticity medication or botulinum toxin injection in the upper limb within 3 months prior to or during enrollment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 1 patient group

single arm

Experimental group

Description:

All participants will receive assistance to move finger joints away from the compensatory coordination (compensation avoidance), toward the desired trajectories (task assistance), both, and none in different days.

Treatment:

Device: Exoskeleton