NCT05542121Completed
Rehab CARES In USA: Clinical Trial
Rehabilitation Using Community-Based Affordable Robotic Exercise Systems (Rehab CARES)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 3 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
In Phase 2, Patients in a community-based setting who have had a stroke will be evaluated by rehabilitation professionals and asked to perform a battery of clinical assessments before and after standard of care and robot assisted therapy with Rehab CARES system of simple force-feedback robots that are adapted to deliver single and group therapy.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 27 (actual)
- First submitted
- 6 Sept 2022
- Start date
- 1 Jun 2022
- Primary completion date
- 30 Aug 2025
- Lead sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT05542121
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 27
- From 1 Jun 2022 to the primary completion date, 30 Aug 2025
- 2 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- no cerebellum lesions due to stroke
Other
- severe cognitive function
Who the study is looking for
- Age 55 and older (based on who is admitted to the CBR site)
- \>3 months post-stroke
- Stroke diagnosis
- Diagnosis of hemiparesis as a result of stroke (verified by radiology data)
- Motor control score on Upper Extremity Fugl-Meyer scale \> 15 and \< 60;
- Able to understand and speak
- Upper arm manual muscle strength scores \>1
- Pain Scores \< 8 based on NIH Pain Intensity Scale
Age in the registry: 55 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Philadelphia | United States | Unknown status |
| Mercy Living Independently for Elders (L.I.F.E) - West Philadelphia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Philadelphia | United States | Unknown status |
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