Stroke
Conditions
Brief summary
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust has supported CUHK to launch a three-year project 'CUHK Jockey Club HOPE4Care Programme' to implement four evidence-based advanced rehabilitation technologies in 40 local elderly day care centres and rehabilitation centres, to benefit the community. The Exoskeleton Ankle Robot is a robot-assisted Ankle-Foot-Orthosis to facilitate gait training of person after stroke with drop foot.
Interventions
DEVICEAnkle Group
Provide sensory feedback to help subjects relearn how to walk in correct gait pattern.
Sponsors
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* have the ability to walk on the ground independently or with one personal assistance with or without walking aids * able to understand simple commends
Exclusion criteria
* have other neurological, neuromuscular, and orthopedic diseases * uncontrolled cardiovascular or respiratory disorders * moderate to severe contractures in the lower extremities
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Fugl-Meyer Assessment Lower Extremity (FMA-LE) | 3-month follow-up |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Functional Ambulation Classification (FAC) | 3-month follow-up |
| Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) | 3-month follow-up |
| Berg Balance Scale (BBS) | 3-month follow-up |
| Timed 10-Meter Walk Test (10MWT) | 3-month follow-up |
| 6 Minute Walk Test (6MWT) | 3-month follow-up |
Countries
Hong Kong
Contacts
Primary ContactRaymond Tong, PhD
Outcome results
None listed