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Robots help stroke survivors walk again: new trial tests High-Tech rehab
NCT ID NCT06746415
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether robot-assisted gait training can improve thigh muscle thickness, balance, and walking in people who had a stroke at least 6 months ago. Thirty participants will receive either robot-assisted or conventional walking training for 6 weeks. Researchers will measure muscle changes with ultrasound and assess balance and walking speed.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- robot-assisted gait training
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a more effective rehabilitation method to improve walking and balance in chronic stroke survivors.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 30 participants. Results may not apply to all stroke patients, and the robot training may not prove significantly better than conventional therapy.
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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 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2025
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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40 to 75 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: * a history of cerebrovascular accident at least 6 months ago; * a score of at least 20 on the mini mental test; * no botulinum toxin treatment for the last 3 months; * a score of 2 or above on the Functional Ambulation Scale; * a score of 3 or above on the Brunnstrom motor staging scale in terms of lower extremity recovery level Exclusion Criteria: * presence of concomitant neurologic, orthopedic, cardiovascular disease and acute comorbidities * severe spasticity of lower extremity muscles, more than 2 on the Modified Ashworth Scale
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Güzin Kaya Aytutuldu
RECRUITINGIstanbul, Zeytinburnu, 34015, Turkey (Türkiye)
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