Seated Ankle Robot for Foot Drop in Aging and Disabled Populations
This study is testing a Seated Ankle Robot Training device for people with foot drop and ankle weakness caused by peripheral nervous system (PNS) injuries. Foot drop is when you have trouble lifting the front part of your foot, which can make you more likely to fall. The robot is designed to help with ankle movement as needed. You may be able to join if you are 18-88 years old, can walk 10 meters, and have chronic foot drop in one leg from a PNS injury. The researchers will measure how much your ankle can move up and down (dorsiflexion-plantarflexion) and side-to-side (inversion-eversion), and how fast you walk, to see if the robot helps. This study plans to enroll 100 participants.
- Study design
- This interventional study plans to enroll 100 participants aged 18-88 years old. It is not specified if it is randomized or blinded.
- What's involved
- You would use the Seated Ankle Robot Training device over a 6-week period. Your ankle movement and walking speed will be measured before, immediately after, and 6 weeks after the training period.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your ankle movement and walking speed will be measured 6 weeks after the training period is completed.
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Seated Ankle Robot for Foot Drop in Aging and Disabled Populations: A Demonstration Project
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Charlene E. Hafer-Macko, M.D. · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Baltimore VA Medical Center
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What this trial measures
- Ankle dorsiflexion-plantarflexion range of motionChange from baseline to: post-6 weeks of training, and 6 weeks after completion of training
degrees
- Ankle inversion-eversion range of motionChange from baseline to: post-6 weeks of training, and 6 weeks after completion of training
degrees
- Gait velocity during self-selected overground walkingChange from baseline to: post-6 weeks of training, and 6 weeks after completion of training
cm/sec
- Postural sway areas during quiet standingChange from baseline to: post-6 weeks of training, and 6 weeks after completion of training
cm\^2; extent of postural deviations to assess static postural control
- Ratio of asymmetric loading in quiet standingChange from baseline to: post-6 weeks of training, and 6 weeks after completion of training
ratio of Newtons of force per leg while standing quietly
- Push-off forces during gait initiationChange from baseline to: post-6 weeks of training, and 6 weeks after completion of training
Newtons; magnitude of forward ground reaction forces.