Extension of the MIME Robotic System for Stroke Rehabilitation
Completed · Phase 2
Conditions studied: Stroke, Impaired Upper Extremity Function
In brief
The goal of this project is to develop and test a new robotic system to accommodate practice of tasks requiring reach, grasp and release of objects. Our previous work has shown that the MIME robot is safe and effective for improving reach in stroke subjects. But adequate control of hand movements is critical to a functional upper limb, and is often resistant to conventional therapeutic interventions. Many stroke survivors have residual ability to flex the fingers, but extension is often limited and impeded by increased passive stiffness in flexors, abnormal levels of increased tone in flexors and weakness in extensors. In a recent study, 38% of stroke survivors reported that impaired hand function was the most disabling motor impairment they faced.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00995774
- Run by
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
- People needed
- 12
- Starts
- 2010-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2012-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-09-20
Who can join
Age: 21 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- An ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke more than 6 months prior to entry into the study;
- trace ability to move the wrist and fingers in extension;
- voluntary shoulder elevation to approximately 45 deg;
- be between the ages of 21 and 90.
You may not qualify if…
- Have cognitive deficits that could negatively affect their ability to complete protocols as evidenced by a score of 24 or less on the Folstein Mini - Mental State Examination (Bleeker, 1988);
- have excessive pain in any joint of the affected extremity that could limit ability to cooperate with the protocols;
- have an upper extremity injury or conditions prior to stroke that could limit participation;
- have severe hemispatial neglect.
- have a full score of 24 on the distal section of the Fugl-Myer test (FM) (Fugl-Meyer 1975); and
- have severe sensory loss.
Where it is running
- VA Medical Center, DC — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
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