Robots may help children with hemiplegia take better steps
NCT ID NCT04246788
First seen Aug 06, 2026 · Last updated Aug 07, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether intensive robot-assisted gait training can improve walking in children with hemiplegia, a form of cerebral palsy affecting one side of the body. Children aged 4 to 18 will receive either robot-assisted sessions with the G-EO system or standard physiotherapy. The study measures changes in walking speed, endurance, and joint movement to see if the robotic approach offers an advantage.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Intensive robotic rehabilitation using the G-EO system
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this could offer a new, more intensive way to improve walking ability and independence in children with hemiplegia.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial, and the robot's benefit over standard physiotherapy is not yet proven. Results may not apply to all children with hemiplegia.
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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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40 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2020
- Finished
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Nov 2021
- 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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4 to 18 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: * Hemiplegic children aged from 4 to 18 years * GMFCS (Gross Motor Function Classification System) score between I and III with lower limb involvement. * Children must walk alone with or without aid at least 10 meters, must have acquired sitting position, must be able to understand simple orders to follow the rehabilitation program. * Free and informed consent of holders of parental authority and of the patient * Affiliated to the social security system Exclusion Criteria: * No lower limb involvement, * spasticity = 4 on the modified Ashworth scale, * severe cardiorespiratory disease forbidding the rehabilitation program, * orthopedic surgery or botulinic toxin injections in the last 6 months before the beginning of the study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Clermont Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne, 63000, France