Feasibility Study on Portable Rehabilitation (PoRi) Device in Hand Spasticity
Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (2) locations...
Intervention Type: Device
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
This study is a feasibility study of a new device that moves the hand of patients with spasticity to reduce hand muscle tone. The device's ability to improve spasticity before and after a 20-minute session with the device at Yale New Haven Hospital's outpatient clinic of Physical Medicine \& Rehabilitation, or the Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:
• Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) score of at least 1
• Participants with paralysis or motor function problems of the fingers of one or both hands.
Locations
United States
Connecticut
, Yale New Haven Hospital's Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) outpatient clinic
RECRUITING
New Haven
Yale New Haven Hospital's Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit
RECRUITING
New Haven
Contact Information
Primary
Necolle Morgado-Vega
necolle.morgado-vega@yale.edu
203-843-5733
Backup
Gregory Roytman
gregory.roytman@yale.edu
815-382-0687
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-04-07
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-12
Participants
Target number of participants: 10
Treatments
Experimental: Hand Spasticity
Each participant will have a single 20 minute session, during which the device will extend and flex finger muscles. Each participant's duration will be approximately 1 hour during clinic, including time to address any further questions, to calibrate the device, and data collection.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Yale University