Evidence-Based Robot-Assistant in Neurorehabilitation

Launched by UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD · Dec 7, 2021

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is looking at a new treatment called E-BRAiN, which uses a robot to help people recover from the effects of a stroke. The study aims to find out how well this robot-assistant works, how safe it is, and whether patients and their families find it acceptable. If you or a loved one has had a stroke and are experiencing issues like weakness in your arm or difficulty with visual perception, you might be eligible to participate in this study.

To qualify, participants need to be at least 18 years old and have had a stroke, which can be due to different types of brain damage. They should also have some arm weakness or challenges with seeing things in their environment. Participants will receive the E-BRAiN treatment and will be monitored throughout the study. It’s important to know that certain conditions, like being pregnant or having other serious health issues, may prevent someone from joining. This trial is currently recruiting participants, and it could be an opportunity to explore a new way to aid recovery after a stroke.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Age at study entry ≥ 18 years
• • Stroke (ischemic stroke, non-traumatic intracerebral haemorrhage, subarachnoidal haemorrhage)
• • Incomplete arm paresis (Motricity Index, arm score \>1 \[Min\] and \< 100 \[Max\]) or
• • Visuospatial neglect (clinical signs and NET subtest "star cancellation" score \< 50)
• • Candidate able to consent and provides informed consent or
• • legal representative provides informed consent
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Pregnant or breast feeding
• • Obliged to live in an institution by law or public authority
• • With case presentation arm paresis: another condition that causes arm paresis is present
• • With case presentation visuospatial neglect: another condition that causes a relevant visual-perceptual deficit that cannot be compensated is present; exception: homonymous visual field deficits are not an exclusion criterion