The Effect of a Ankle Assist Robot on Gait Function and Cardiopulmonary Metabolic Efficiency in Stroke Patients

Samsung Medical Center

Status

Completed

Conditions

Stroke

Gait, Hemiplegic

Treatments

Device: Ankle Assist Robot

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03767205

2018-06-128

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to identify the assistance effect of Ankle Assist Robot v1 developed by Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd., Korea) by comparing

gait function during overground gait in three conditions (with robot-assist torque on/with robot-assist torque off/without robot)
the energy expenditure during treadmill gait in three conditions (with robot-assist torque on/with robot-assist torque off/without robot)

Enrollment

45 patients

Sex

All

Ages

19+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Stroke patients with hemiplegia over 19 years old
Ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke patients over 3 months of onset
Functional Ambulation Category Scale with 3 or more scales

Exclusion criteria

Stroke patients who have difficulty in walking independently regardless of assistive devices due to problems such as visual field defects or fractures
Stroke patients with walking difficulty due to serious cognitive problems
Patients with a foot size of 230 mm or less or a stroke of 280 mm or more that are not suitable for wearing ankle assist robot
Stroke patients at risk of falling when walking with severe dizziness
Modified ashworth scale (MAS) Stroke patients over 3
Pregnant woman
People with mental illness and psychiatric medication