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Short Arm Human Centrifuge Therapeutic Training and Rehabilitation (GRACER1)
Sponsor: Greek Aerospace Medical Association and Space Research
Summary
The study is a single blind randomized controlled trial (RCT) designed to examine the benefit of a short arm human centrifuge intervention program (SAHC) combined with exercise, compared to a standard of care (SOC) rehabilitation program in physically impaired patients with MS, stroke, severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and elderly people with balance and gait disorders (risk of falls).
Official title: Estimating the Optimal G Level for Training and Rehabilitation on a Short Arm Human Centrifuge
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
17 Years - 90 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
105
Start Date
2020-02-01
Completion Date
2025-12-01
Last Updated
2025-03-11
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY COMBINED WITH EXERCISE
The passive control group will abstain from any exercise. Recordings of the participant's will include cardiovascular functioning cardiac output (CO), stroke volume (SV) mean arterial pressure (MAP) diastolic blood pressure (DBP), systolic blood pressure (SBP), and heart rate (HR), Electroencephalography ( EEG) as well as dynamic force and stance and muscle oxygenation. More specifically, after 6 training sessions (2 weeks), the centrifugation load will be increased and will be combined with either aerobic exercise (through an ergometer) or resistance training through elastic training bands. Functional connectivity and cortical-network features will be used by deep learning algorithms in order to define the optimal centrifuge training .
Locations (1)
Euromedica-Arogi Rehabilitation Center
Thessaloniki, FW, Greece