Evaluating and Improving Robot Assisted Gait Training

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Device
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Early use of robotic gait trainers have shown many benefits, however why these benefits occur and how to maximize them is unknown. There are a few options for how a robotic gait trainer can be used, however, there is not much understanding of how these options impact rehabilitation and compensate for impairments. The investigators aim to evaluate the impacts of as single session of Trexo robotic gait training and the impact of different modes of the Trexo robotic gait trainer. The investigators will evaluate how the different settings impact things like physical activity, walking, brain activity, spasticity, and fatigue. Investigators will arrange for a familiarity and fitting session to start, so that study team members can fit the participant to the Trexo and so that participants can become familiar with the feeling of using the Trexo robotic gait trainer. After the initial fitting sessions, follow up sessions will be completed to evaluate different settings on the Trexo, for example in endurance mode (where the robot completes the movements for the participant) and in strength mode (where the robot requires some assistance from the participant). Investigators may also test different fitting settings, for example with and without the supportive seat in the Trexo. Only three visits are required (one fitting/familiarity session and two testing sessions), however participants and/or their families may choose to complete more testing sessions if they want to assess other aspects of the training. For example, if the first two testing sessions assessed physical activity, participants and their families may choose to return for further sessions to assess brain activity. The aim of the study is to determine how robot assisted gait training impacts rehabilitation and compensates for impairments, as well as to provide suggestions on how the robotic gait trainer might be improved or modified. This study is exploratory to find out more about how these robotic gait trainers, specifically the Trexo, impacts various aspects of rehabilitation.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 4
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Able to fit into the Trexo robotic gait trainer (\<150 lbs., \<5'7).

• Has impaired ability to walk due to a neurological or muscular disorder.

Locations
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Canada
Alberta Children's Hospital
RECRUITING
Calgary
Contact Information
Primary
PONI Lab
poni.lab@ucalgary.ca
4039555528
Backup
Benjamin M Norman, MSc
benjamin.norman@ucalgary.ca
4038301494
Time Frame
Start Date: 2022-03-14
Estimated Completion Date: 2024-12
Participants
Target number of participants: 50
Treatments
Active_comparator: Passive Endurance
Participants will complete a training session using the Trexo robotic gait trainer in the endurance mode with a fixed gait pattern regardless of the participant's activity.
Active_comparator: Voluntary activity Strength
Participants will complete a training session using the Trexo robotic gait trainer in the strength mode where the gait pattern is impacted by the participant's activity
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: University of Calgary

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