NCT04934787Recruiting
ENMS With Balance Feedback for Post-stroke Ankle-foot Rehabilitation
Exo-neuro-musculo-skeleton With Balance Sensing Feedback for Ankle-foot Rehabilitation After Stroke
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 22 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
In this work, a novel hybrid ankle-foot robot is designed for gait rehabilitation after stroke, i.e., exoneuromusculoskeleton with balance sensing feedback (ENMS-BSF) by integrating the advantages of soft pneumatic muscle, functional electrical stimulation, exoskeleton and foot balance feedback in one system. With the assistance of the ENMS-BSF the foot drop and foot inversion could be corrected with improved muscle coordination in the paretic lower limb. The device is wearable and light-in-weight for unilateral application during walking. It is hypothesized that with the intervention of the ENMS-BSF the gait pattern of persons after stroke can be improved with long-term rehabilitative effects.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 60 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 3 Jun 2021
- Start date
- 1 Jul 2021
- Primary completion date
- 31 Dec 2027
- Lead sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT04934787
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 60
- From 1 Jul 2021 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Prior treatment
- Receiving other lower limb rehabilitative interventions at the same time
Other
- The exclusion criteria will be server spasticity at the ankle joint measured by Modified Ashworth Score (MAS) \>3.
Who the study is looking for
- At least 6 months after the onset of stroke
- Have sufficient cognition to follow simple instructions, as well as understand the content and purpose of the experiment (Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score \>21).
- Have mild-to-moderate motor impairment in the affected lower limb with foot drop but be capable of standing and walking without manual assistance.
- Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA), total score on the lower limb \<20
- Functional Ambulatory Category (FAC) ≥4
- Berg Balance Scale (BBS) ≥40
Age in the registry: 18 years to 70 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hong Kong | China | Recruiting |
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