Robots and VR join the fight to recover from nerve and muscle diseases
NCT ID NCT06822231
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study compares a high-tech rehabilitation program—using robotic systems, virtual reality, and balance platforms—to standard physical therapy for people with acute neuromuscular diseases like Guillain-Barré syndrome. About 124 adults aged 18 to 80 will participate. The goal is to see if the high-tech approach improves balance, daily function, and quality of life more than traditional methods.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- High-tech rehabilitation (robotic verticalization, virtual reality, stabilometric platform, treadmill with gait analysis)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a more effective rehabilitation approach to help patients with acute neuromuscular diseases regain balance and daily function faster.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small trial (124 participants) and the high-tech equipment may not be widely available. The benefits over traditional rehab are not yet proven.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 124 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2025
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults with ages ranging from 18 to 80 years. * Patients with a confirmed diagnosis of acute/subacute neuromuscular diseases (e.g. GBS, CIM, CIP) * Time of onset ranging from 15 to 30 days * Patients with lower limb strength (Medical Research Council or MRC) \>=2 in at least two of the flexor and extensor muscles of the following joints: hip, knee and ankle * Possibility of obtaining informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with unstable medical conditions (e.g. severe cardiovascular diseases, such as "New York Heart Association" - NYHA=4, respiratory distress not compensated by ventilation) that could interfere, in the clinician's judgment, with their ability to safely participate in the study or to perform the assessments related to the protocol. * Patients currently participating in other clinical trials that could interfere with this study. * Pregnant or breastfeeding women.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
8 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGModena, 41126, Italy
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Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGRoma, 00135, Italy
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IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino - Genova
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGGenova, 16132, Italy
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Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBari, 70124, Italy
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Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMontescano, 27040, Italy
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Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPavia, 27100, Italy
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Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGTelese Terme, 82037, Italy
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Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Milan Institute
RECRUITINGMilan, 20138, Italy
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