Robot vs treadmill: which helps stroke patients walk again?
NCT ID NCT07230470
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares two robotic walking trainers—the Lokomat exoskeleton and the C-Mill treadmill—to see which helps stroke survivors improve their walking and quality of life. About 40 adults who have had a stroke will use one of the devices during rehab. Researchers will check their progress at 4, 8, and 12 weeks.
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Study facts
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- 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 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of stroke (haemorrhagic and/or ischaemic) by a specialist physician. . * Subjects who are cognitively capable and who sign the informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: * Severe cognitive impairment (Mini-Mental State Examination \< 24.), or impairment that prevents correct understanding of the correct understanding of the messages and explanatory orders of the treatment and its conditions. * Diagnosis of concomitant neurological diseases and craniocerebral trauma. cranioencephalic trauma. * Other diseases that interfere with the gait process (e.g. disabling arthritis or arthrosis, other neurological diseases, other neurological diseases). disabling arthritis or osteoarthritis, other concomitant neurological diseases, etc.). \- Contraindications of the robotic tools themselves.
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Locations
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Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca
RECRUITINGSalamanca, 37002, Spain
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