Control strategies for wearable lower-limb rehabilitation robots

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This interventional project has post-stroke patients complete robot-assisted overground gait training using a wearable lower-limb robot. Each participant completes nine repetitions of 5-meter overground walking in a hospital corridor, performing three trials with each of three different controllers. The protocol records gait-related measures such as trajectory, torque, force, and functional walking performance during and immediately after the sessions. Eligible participants are medically stable adults able to walk independently and without major cognitive, skeletal, or cardiovascular contraindications.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

Stroke patients aged between 18 and 75 years. Patients who are medically stable and able to stand and walk independently for at least 10 meters during rehabilitation.

Stroke event occurred at least 3 months ago Patients with impaired lower limb motor function but with some degree of muscle activity in the lower extremities.

Patients without severe cognitive impairment and capable of understanding and following the treatment protocol.

Patients without severe balance or coordination disorders, able to maintain balance and perform gait training with assistive devices.

Patients without lower limb fractures or other serious skeletal issues affecting the lower limbs.

Patients without severe cardiovascular or other serious illnesses and able to tolerate the intensity and duration of rehabilitation therapy.

Patients willing to participate in the study and able to provide written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

Severe cognitive impairment that prevents the patient from understanding or complying with the treatment protocol.

Severe balance or coordination disorders that prevent the patient from maintaining balance and participating in gait training, even with assistive devices.

Other serious motor disorders, such as abnormal muscle tone or ataxia, which may interfere with the effectiveness of rehabilitation therapy.

Active cardiovascular disease or other serious systemic illnesses that may affect the patient's safety or treatment outcomes.

Lower limb fractures or other serious skeletal issues that may impact the suitability and safety of robot-assisted rehabilitation therapy.

Patients currently receiving other rehabilitation or experimental treatments. Patients with skin ulcers, infections, or other severe skin conditions that may interfere with the use and application of robotic devices.

Unexplained discomfort or pain symptoms that may limit the patient's ability to participate in rehabilitation therapy.

Failure to meet other specific inclusion criteria outlined in the study protocol.

Where it's running

• Eight affiliated hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University
  Shenzhen, Guangzhou, China Recruiting

Study contacts

• Study coordinator: Shaofeng Zhao
• Email: zhaosf1@163.com
• Phone: 86 18898773680

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.