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NCT06070987Completed

Exoskeleton Robotic Assisted Gait Training in Spastic Stroke Post Botulinum Toxin A Injection

To Estimate the Efficacy of Botulinum Toxin A Injection Combing With Exoskeleton Robotic Assisted Gait Training in Stroke Patients With Spastic Stiff Knee Gait: Motor Function Performance and Neurophysiological Evaluation

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 20 Jan 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The purpose of this project is to examine and compare the immediate and long-term effects of combined Botulinum toxin type A(BoNT-A) injection with exoskeleton Robotic assisted gait training (RABT) in patients with post-stroke stiff-knee gait.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30 (actual)
First submitted
13 Sept 2023
Start date
1 Aug 2023
Primary completion date
31 Jul 2025
Lead sponsor
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Diseases
Stroke
NCT number
NCT06070987

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 30
  • From 1 Aug 2023 to the primary completion date, 31 Jul 2025
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Previous treatment of the affected leg with neurolytic or surgical procedures (i.e., phenol block, tendon lengthening of transfer, tenotomy, muscle release, arthrodesis)

Other illness

  • Infection of the skin, soft tissue in the injection area
  • Severe cardiovascular comorbidity (i.e., recent myocardial infarction, heart failure, uncontrolled hypertension, orthostatic hypotension)

Other

  • Pregnant
  • Sensitivity to BoNT-A
  • Participation in other trials
  • Fixed contractures or bony deformities in the affected leg

Who the study is looking for

  • Ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke ≥ 3 months
  • Age ≥ 20 years
  • Functional Ambulation Category ≥4
  • Affected rectus femoris spasticity (MAS between 1+ and 2)
  • BoNT-A treatment-naive or treated with BoNT-A ≥4 months in the affected leg before recruitment
  • Receiving oral muscle relaxants or other medication for spasticity were on a stable dose for≥2 months
  • Can obey simple order

Age in the registry: 20 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

SiteCityCountrySite status
Department of Rehabilitation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Kaohsiung CityTaiwanUnknown status

This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.