Robot walker aids Seniors' fall recovery in small trial
NCT ID NCT02485171
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a robot called SAFEWALKER could help elderly patients (over 70) recover from post-fall syndrome. Twenty hospitalized patients used the robot alongside standard rehabilitation. The goal was to see if the robot was practical and acceptable for patients and therapists.
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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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20 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2015
- Finished
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Feb 2017
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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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70 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * Patients hospitalized for the treatment of post-fall syndrome Exclusion Criteria: * Demential pathology (Mini Mental State \<20) * Parkinson's disease and other degenerative neurological disorders * Stroke sequelae * Fractures members in the previous 12 months * Lower limb prostheses in place within 6 months prior * Psychiatric disease * Presence of mucocutaneous lesions perineal * Obesity (weight \>120 kg)
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Nourhashemi Fatemeh
Toulouse, MIDI Pyrenees, 31052, France