Effects of a Wearable Gait Assist Robot for Patients with Parkinson's Disease

Usability and Feasibility of the Wearable Hip Assist Robot for Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0012394

Enrollment

Registered

2026-08-04

Start date

2025-02-04

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-10

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Medical Device : The intervention in this study utilizes a wearable hip-assist robot for walking assistance. Following the optimization of customized assistance profiles aimed at increasing step lengt

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (i) age = 19 years, clinical diagnosis of idiopathic PD according to the UK Parkinson’s disease Society Brain Bank Diagnostic Criteria (ii) modified Hoehn and Yahr stage 2.5 to 4 (iii) the ability to walk independently on level ground without assistive devices (iv) the presence of gait abnormalities, such as shortened stride length, shuffling gait, or freezing of gait.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (i) a Korean version of the Mini-Mental State Examination score < 24 (ii) neurological or orthopedic disorders other than PD that could affect gait (e.g., stroke, traumatic brain injury) (iii) severe dyskinesia (iv) severe on-off phenomenon.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Usability test	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Gait parameters (speed, step length, cadence, gait stability, etc.);Duration and frequency of freezing of gait	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactHan Gil Seo

Seoul National University Hospital

acornjelly@gmail.com+82-2-2072-1659

Outcome results