Acquired Brain Injury, Joint Replacement Surgery, Spinal Cord Injuries, Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury With Loss of Consciousness
Conditions
Keywords
Assistive robots
Brief summary
Robots are commonly used in many settings to help with transportation needs, reduce human injuries, and assisting clinicians during surgeries. These applications could provide direct benefits to patients in the clinical rehabilitation field. In this study, the feasibility of 2 CARE robot prototypes in facilitating dependent transfers and assisting patient mobility in their daily living activities will be studied.
Detailed description
An exploratory proof of concept study involving the development and usability of 2 CARE robot prototypes will be validated in a hospital environment, in a broad range of patients. The findings from this study will then be used to further refine and develop the robot prototypes for future deployment in other hospitals, nursing homes and homes.
Interventions
DEVICE(1) Mobile Assistant Balance Robot
MRBA: Robotic wheelchair with a planar compliant robotic arm to provide balance assistance to the user at the pelvis and hip, during sit to stand, standing and walking tasks in indoor and controlled outdoor level environments.
DEVICE(2) Transfer Assistive Cobot
TAC: Intelligent powered wheelchair equipped with a robotic arm that is capable of lifting payload up to 110kg, and perform a totally dependent transfer in a semi- autonomous fashion
Sponsors
Nanyang Technological University
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Study design
Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
21 Years to 85 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Aged 21-85 years * Primary reason for admission is in /outpatient rehabilitation. * Admission (within 72 hours) Functional Independence Measure (FIM)(transfer/walk) score of 1-5 or Modified Barthel Index Score (transfer/walk) of 0, 5 or 10. * Activity tolerance for ambulant patients of \>30 minutes. * Patient able to sign own consent and understand simple instructions.
Exclusion criteria
* Pregnancy or lactation. * Medical instability, uncontrolled sepsis, orthostatic hypotension, contraindications to verticalization. (unstable spinal fractures, severe pain) weight-bearing on either limb), abdominal aneurysms * Patients with behavioural problems (agitation, untreated depression, psychiatric problems) * Skin conditions which could be worsen by the abdominal, trunk, knee and calf cuffs of straps of the CARE robots. * Patients who are unable to sign own consent or understand simple instructions.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Assessment of TAC | Subject involvement 3 days, non consecutive, study duration 12 months | To evaluate the ability of TAC to navigate autonomously when called and performing a totally dependent transfer with its robotic arm usually requiring 2 -3 persons to 1-1.5 persons. |
| Assessment of MRBA | Subject involvement 3 days, non consecutive, study duration 12 months | To evaluate the ability of MRBA to provide co-operative assistance as needed for patients who are able to ambulate with minimal aid during ambulation and standing tasks e.g. dressing or voiding. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Impact on healthcare staff and patient usability, feasibility, productivity of devices | Assessed within 30 days after patient recruitment | Further improvement and iterations of devices |
Countries
Singapore
Outcome results
None listed