The Efficacy of Upper Limb Rehabilitation With Exoskeleton in Patients With Subacute Stroke. (PowerUPS-REHAB)
Stroke, Upper Extremity Paresis
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Stroke focused on measuring Stroke, Subacute, upper limb, motor function, robot-assisted rehabilitation, Armeo Power, exoskeleton, Fugle-Meyer Assessment
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- age between 18 and 85 years;
- first stroke with neurological outcomes affecting the upper limb;
- patients with severe or moderate hemiparesis (FM-UL≤44), stratified according to severe (FM-UL ≤ 22) or moderate (22 <FM-UL ≤ 44) motor deficit;
- patients in the sub-acute phase within 90 days of the acute event, stratified by the distance from the acute event (OAI≤30; OAI> 30);
- Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) of the main components (shoulder, elbow, and wrist) of the upper limb <3;
- sufficient cognitive and linguistic level to understand the instructions and provide consent;
- signed informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- unstable general clinical conditions;
- severe visual impairment;
- inability to maintain the sitting position;
- mild motor deficit of the arm (FM-UL> 44) at baseline;
- recent botox injection in the upper limb or planned botox injection during the study period, including the follow-up;
- inability to don the orthosis on the impaired upper limb;
- bone instability in relevant areas of the upper extremity (unconsolidated fractures, fractures due to osteoporosis);
- fixed contractures involving the impaired upper limb (e.g. frozen shoulder);
- shoulder instability;
- severe pain syndromes caused or intensified by rehabilitation with Armeo Power;
- patients who need isolation for infectious diseases ;
- epileptic disorder with frequent attacks that carry the risk of having a seizure during rehabilitation with Armeo Power;
- history of physical or neurological conditions that interfere with study procedures or assessment of motor function;
- interruption of treatment for 1 week, or 5 consecutive sessions;
- participation in other innovative treatment protocols for the upper limb rehabilitation (e.g. robotics, virtual reality, AOT ... etc).
Sites / Locations
- HABILITA S.p.A
- Villa BellombraRecruiting
- Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara
- Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti
- IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo
- IRCCS San Raffaele PisanaRecruiting
- IRCCS fondazione Santa Lucia
- Fondazione "Gli Angeli di Padre Pio"Recruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Experimental Group (EG)
Control Group (CG)
The experimental group (EG), in addition to the standard treatment, will perform one session per day, each lasting 40 minutes, with the Armeo Power robotic system for upper limb rehabilitation. Each subject will perform a total of 25 ± 3 treatment sessions with a frequency of 5 times a week for 5 weeks.
The control group (CG), in addition to the standard routine rehabilitation treatment, will follow 40 minutes of conventional upper limb rehabilitation. Each subject will perform a total of 25 ± 3 conventional upper limb treatment sessions with a frequency of 5 times a week for 5 weeks.