The Effect of a Walking Assist Robot on Gait Function and Brain Activity in Stroke Patients and Elderly Adults
Condition: Stroke; Healthy
MeSH terms: Stroke
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the new wearable hip assist
      robot, gait enhancing and motivating system (GEMS) developed by Samsung Advanced Institute of
      Technology (Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd., Korea) on gait, sit-to-stand movement and cortical
      activation in elderly adults and stroke patients.
    

Detailed description: 
      In elderly adults,

        1. Spatio temporal characteristics, muscle activation and foot pressure distribution are
           measured by motion capture system (Motion Analysis Corporation, Santa Rosa, CA, USA),
           surface electromyography (sEMG) (Noraxon Inc., Scottsdale, AZ, USA) and F-Scan Mobile
           system (Tekscan Inc., South Boston, MA, USA) during 10m walking test.

        2. Muscle activation and foot pressure distribution are measured by surface
           electromyography (sEMG) and F-Scan Mobile system during five times sit-to-stand test.

        3. Muscle activation and foot pressure distribution are measured by surface
           electromyography (sEMG) and F-Scan Mobile system during stair climbing.

        4. Cortical activation is measured by functional Near-Infrared-Spectroscopy (fNIRS)
           (NIRScout, NIRx, Germany) during treadmill gait.

      In stroke patients,

        1. Muscle activation and foot pressure distribution are measured by surface
           electromyography (sEMG) and F-Scan Mobile system during five times sit-to-stand test.

        2. Cortical activation is measured by functional Near-Infrared-Spectroscopy (fNIRS)
           (NIRScout, NIRx, Germany) during treadmill gait.
    

Intervention name(s): Gait, sit-to-stand movement, stair climbing and treadmill gait; Sit-to-stand movement and treadmill gait; gait enhancing mechatronic system (GEMS); treadmill
Intervention type(s): Procedure; Procedure; Device; Device
Intervention description(s): Spatio temporal characteristics, muscle activation and foot pressure distribution are measured by motion capture system, surface electromyography (sEMG) and F-Scan Mobile system during 10m walking test. Muscle activation and foot pressure distribution are measured by surface electromyography (sEMG) and F-Scan Mobile system during five times sit-to-stand test.Muscle activation and foot pressure distribution are measured by surface electromyography (sEMG) and F-Scan Mobile system during stair climbing. Cortical activation is measured by functional Near-Infrared-Spectroscopy (fNIRS) (NIRScout, NIRx, Germany) during treadmill gait.; Muscle activation and foot pressure distribution are measured by surface electromyography (sEMG) and F-Scan Mobile system during five times sit-to-stand test. Cortical activation is measured by functional Near-Infrared-Spectroscopy (fNIRS) (NIRScout, NIRx, Germany) during treadmill gait.; Gait, sit-to-stand movement, stair climbing and treadmill gait with GEMS and without GEMS in elderly adults.
Sit-to-stand movement and treadmill gait with GEMS and without GEMS in stroke patients.; Cortical activation is measured by functional Near-Infrared-Spectroscopy (fNIRS) (NIRScout, NIRx, Germany) during treadmill gait.
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary purpose: Other
Keywords: Exoskeleton Device; elderly; stroke