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ROBERT® as an Intervention to Enhance Muscle Strength After Spinal Cord Injury
Sponsor: Spinal Cord Injury Centre of Western Denmark
Summary
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating life event with long term consequences both physically and mentally. SCI is defined as either complete or incomplete according to the International Standards of the Neurological Classification of SCI. The primary consequence of a SCI is paralysis/partial paralysis affecting the person's ability to independently functioning in everyday life e.g. in and out of bed, sit to stand and walking. To regain the ability to transfer and walk the most important prerequisite is to rebuild as much strength as possible in the lower extremities. The optimal training paradigm to increase strength in partial paralysed muscles is unclear. Rehabilitation robots are upcoming methods to treat sensorimotor deficits after SCI. The rehabilitation robot ROBERT might contribute to enhance muscle strength for people with very weak strength following an incomplete SCI. The overall objective of this Ph.D project is to investigate the feasibility and effect size of a muscle strength training intervention assisted by ROBERT® for patients with SCI and severe paresis (muscle strength 1-3 in hip flexion).
Official title: Feasibility and Effect Size of an Intervention to Enhance Muscle Strength Assisted by Robotic Technology (ROBERT®) in Subacute Rehabilitation After Spinal Cord Injury
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
12
Start Date
2022-09-21
Completion Date
2024-12-31
Last Updated
2024-04-17
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Robert - intervention to enhance muscle strength
Intervention: Training will be conducted with the robot ROBERT®. 3 times a week for 8 weeks the patient will conduct 60 repetitions of hip flexion of one leg. The patient is lying supine. ROBERT is attached to the patient's lower leg. The physiotherapist guides the patient's leg in hip flexion and ROBERT record the movement. The ROBERT is attached to the patient's lower leg and thereby eliminating the gravity of the leg. The physiotherapist guides the patient's leg in hip flexion and ROBERT record the movement. ROBERT is set in active or guided mode and will be individually adjusted. When practice starts the patient get visual feedback to the range of movement of the hip flexion plus the amount of repetitions conducted and persisting.
Locations (1)
Spinal Cord Injury Centre of Western Denmark
Viborg, Central Jutland, Denmark