Status:

UNKNOWN

Assessment of Safety and Acute Effects of a Knee-hip Powered Soft Exoskeleton in Patients With Neuromuscular Disorders

Lead Sponsor:

Institut de Myologie, France

Conditions:

Muscular Dystrophies

Congenital Myopathy

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The aims of the current study are as follow: i) Evaluate the safety, usability, and acute efficiency of a powered knee-hip dermoskeleton (MyoSuit, MyoSwiss, Zurich, Switzerland) in patients with neur...

Detailed Description

Patients with neuromuscular disorders display different type of symptoms depending on the type of pathology. Diseases like facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD), limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD2b)...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 18 years and \< 70 years of age
  • Height between 1.50 m and 1.95 m
  • Weight between 45 kg and 110 kg
  • Abdominal perimeter \< 125 cm
  • Written informed consent
  • Affiliate or beneficiary of a social security scheme
  • Able to comply with all protocol requirements
  • Confirmed diagnosis of a pathology belonging to one of the following family\*:
  • Primary disorders of muscles
  • Muscular dystrophy
  • Congenital myopathies
  • Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy
  • Mitochondrial myopathies
  • Metabolic disorders
  • Inborn errors of metabolism
  • Glycogen storage disease
  • Functional capacities:
  • Able to stand up from a chair with armrest without other supports at least 3 times and at most 15 times in 30 seconds.
  • Report the ability to walk without the assistance of a person at least 2min
  • The use of traditional orthoses and walking aids will be accepted excepted knee orthoses and walkers (e.g. canes/crutches, ankle foot orthosis).

Exclusion

  • Unable to participate in the study
  • Inability to comply with protocol requirements
  • Guardianship/trusteeship
  • Pregnant or nursing women
  • Unstable Cardiomyopathy
  • Symptomatic orthostatic hypotension
  • Medical history of osteoporotic fracture
  • Balance disorder with extra neuromuscular causes
  • Recent trauma (fall, accident, ...)
  • Unstable Cardiomyopathy
  • Severe respiratory insufficiency
  • Flexion contracture in the knee and hip joint in excess of 10°
  • Varus malposition in excess of 10° or valgus malposition in excess of 10°

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 5 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

July 1 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

52 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05200702

Start Date

January 5 2022

End Date

July 1 2024

Last Update

September 28 2023

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Institute of Myology

Paris, France, 75013