Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation After HIV-Associated Stroke: Botswana
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Conditions studied: HIV/AIDS, Stroke
In brief
Today, nearly 37 million people are living with HIV (PLHIV) worldwide and 30 to 40% of them will have neurologic complications leading to disability. Our long-term working hypothesis is that an effective solution for increasing rehabilitation access in Botswana and improving functional outcomes of PLHIV having experienced a stroke with or without HIV uses an affordable robot and mobile health technologies to create a cost-effective intervention strategy. For this project, we test the feasibility of affordable robot therapy.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04488250
- Run by
- University of Pennsylvania
- People needed
- 30
- Starts
- 2020-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2026-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-07-03
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- diagnosis of Stroke (at least 3 months post incident) with or without HIV, age over 18;
- medically stable (Able to tolerate therapy and given the determination as able to go through protocol by physician);
- have neurological function between 5 and 24 as defined by the NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS);
- have no less than moderate cognitive function as defined by the International HIV-Dementia Scale
- Able to give consent.
You may not qualify if…
- unable to give consent;
- severely depressed (Becks Depression Inventory-Fast Screener);
- experiencing excessive pain (Visual Analog Scale (VAS) score greater than 4);
- have severe spasticity ( than 3) in muscle tone in elbow/shoulder/wrist hip/knee/ankle using the Ashworth Scale;
- have total paralysis or muscular contractures of upper or lower extremity;
- have a history of psychiatric disorder or cardiac problems;
- have a history of prior brain injury including lesions to the cerebella or brain stem;
- have open lesions on the upper or lower limbs;
- It is up to the physician to decide if a subject should be excluded due to severe drug and/or alcohol abuse or taking of medication that would impair cognitive ability.
Where it is running
- Penn Medicine Rittenhouse — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- University of Botswana — Gaborone, Botswana
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