Actively Recruiting
Facilitating Neuroplastic Changes of Acute Stroke Survivors
Led by University of Maryland, Baltimore · Updated on 2025-07-09
68
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
169 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Lead Sponsor
T
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This project will develop a wearable rehabilitation robot suitable for in-bed acute stage rehabilitation. It involves robot-guided motor relearning, passive and active motor-sensory rehabilitation early in the acute stage post-stroke including patients who are paralyzed with no motor output. The early acute stroke rehabilitation device will be evaluated in this clinical trial.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Facilitating Neuroplastic Changes of Acute Stroke Survivors
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Acute first-time unilateral hemispheric stroke (hemorrhagic or ischemic) from 24 hours after admission up to 1 month post-stroke
- Hemiplegia or hemiparesis
- Manual Muscle Testing score of 0 to 2
- Age between 30 and 85 years
- Ankle impairments such as stiff calf muscles or inadequate dorsiflexion
You will not qualify if you...
- Medically unstable condition
- Acute medical illness interfering with training or exercise
- No or very mild ankle impairments
- Severe cardiovascular problems preventing moderate movement exercises
- Cognitive impairment or aphasia preventing following instructions
- Severe leg pain
- Severe ankle contracture greater than 15 degrees plantar flexion
- Pressure ulcers, recent surgical incision, or active skin disease with open wounds below the knee
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
University of Maryland Baltimore
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21201
Actively Recruiting
2
UMROI
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21207
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
S
Soh-Hyun Hur
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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