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NCT06238206Completed

What User-requirements Need to be Considered When Developing a Lower-limb Exoskeleton? A Qualitative Study.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 17 Apr 2024

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The goal of this study is to identify the needs and requirements of end-users regarding the implementation of a lower-limb exoskeleton in a remote home setting. The end-users include older adults with sarcopenia, post-stroke individuals and physiotherapists. The main question it aims to answer is: • What are the needs and requirements of the end-user population when developing a lower-limb exoskeleton that can be implemented in a remote home setting? Participants will engage in three separate focus group sessions, in which they will discuss the predetermined topics. Interactions between the participants will be guided by open questions.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
12 (actual)
First submitted
13 Dec 2023
Start date
17 Jan 2024
Primary completion date
5 Apr 2024
Lead sponsor
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Diseases
Stroke
NCT number
NCT06238206

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 12
  • From 17 Jan 2024 to the primary completion date, 5 Apr 2024
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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

Other illness

  • Serious speech disorder

Other

  • Lowered cognitive competence
    • Older adults with sarcopenia:
  • Lowered cognitive competence
    • Physiotherapist:
  • Can't verbally answer

Who the study is looking for

  • \> 18 years old
  • ≥ 3 months ago stroke diagnosis
  • Current difficulties during gait
  • \> 65 years old
  • Difficulties during chair sit to stand
  • Current difficulties during gait
  • Currently active as a physiotherapist
  • Experience in treating people with sarcopenia and/or post-stroke conditions

Criteria the registry did not label

  • People post-stroke:

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Brubotics Rehabilitation Research Center
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JetteBelgiumUnknown status

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