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Thereafter, they have a 4-week follow-up period (no extra training).",[18],[24,30],{"type":25,"name":26,"description":27,"armGroupLabels":28,"otherNames":29},"BEHAVIORAL","ROBUST","During a 5-week intervention, participants in the stroke experimental group get 48 hours additional sensorimotor upper limb training. They will come 2-3 times per week to Leuven for a therapy session of two hours. During these therapy sessions, they receive one hour robot-based therapy (Kinarm therapy) and one hour transfer package training with a therapist. Additionally, they follow 4-5 times a week a 1-hour home program. This intervention can be distinguished from others since it integrates both motor and sensory function, with focus on sensory processing. It combines robot-based therapy, a transfer package to daily activities, and a home program.",[9],null,{"type":25,"name":31,"description":32,"armGroupLabels":33,"otherNames":29},"Kinarm therapy","During a 5-week intervention, participants in the stroke control group and the healthy control group get 12 hours additional Kinarm therapy (one part of the ROBUST intervention). They will come 2-3 times per week to Leuven for a one-hour therapy session. This robotic intervention can be distinguished from others since it integrates both motor and sensory function, with focus on sensory processing.",[20,15],[35],{"name":36,"role":37,"phone":38,"phoneExt":29,"email":39},"Charlotte Heremans","CONTACT","+32 0483 746 007","robust@kuleuven.be",[41],{"facility":42,"status":29,"city":43,"state":29,"zip":29,"country":44,"countryCode":45,"cosmosGeoPoint":46,"geoPoint":51,"contacts":52},"KU Leuven, Gebouw De Nayer","Leuven","Belgium","BE",{"type":47,"coordinates":48},"Point",[49,50],4.70093,50.87959,{"lat":50,"lon":49},[53,57,59,62,64,65,67],{"name":54,"role":37,"phone":55,"phoneExt":29,"email":56},"Geert Verheyden, Prof. Dr.","+32 16 32 91 16","geert.verheyden@kuleuven.be",{"name":54,"role":58,"phone":29,"phoneExt":29,"email":29},"PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR",{"name":60,"role":61,"phone":29,"phoneExt":29,"email":29},"Jolien Gooijers, Prof. Dr.","SUB_INVESTIGATOR",{"name":63,"role":61,"phone":29,"phoneExt":29,"email":29},"Jean-Jacques Orban de Xivry, Prof. Dr.",{"name":36,"role":61,"phone":29,"phoneExt":29,"email":29},{"name":66,"role":61,"phone":29,"phoneExt":29,"email":29},"Inês Martins",{"name":68,"role":61,"phone":29,"phoneExt":29,"email":29},"Siqi Yang",{"type":58,"investigatorFullName":70,"investigatorTitle":71,"investigatorAffiliation":5,"oldNameTitle":29,"oldOrganization":29},"Prof Geert Verheyden","Prof. Dr.","100635062","effects-of-a-robot-based-sensorimotor-upper-limb-rehabilitation-paradigm-in-chronic-stroke-100635062",false,"NCT07547800","Effects of a Robot-based Sensorimotor Upper Limb Rehabilitation Paradigm in Chronic Stroke","Effects of a Robot-based Sensorimotor Upper Limb Rehabilitation Paradigm in Chronic Stroke: a Randomized Controlled Trial","RCT ROBUST","Inclusion Criteria stroke participants:\n\n1. Written informed consent must be obtained prior to any screening procedures;\n2. A first-ever unilateral, supra-tentorial stroke, as defined by WHO (rapidly developing clinical signs of focal (or global) disturbance of cerebral function, with symptoms lasting 24 hours or longer or leading to death, with no apparent cause other than vascular origin);\n3. ≥18 and ≤85 years old;\n4. Being a Dutch speaker;\n5. Being in the chronic phase after stroke, i.e. \\> 6 months post stroke;\n6. Motor impairment in the upper limb, defined as Fugl-Meyer score \\>22 out of 66 to demonstrate moderate to full upper limb motor function (patients scoring \\\u003C23 out of 66 will not be able to comply with the Kinarm protocol);\n7. Residual sensory upper limb impairment, defined as Tactile Discrimination Test (Area Under Curve) \\\u003C73.10%;\n8. Impaired functionality, defined as sensorimotor Action Research Arm Test score \\\u003C52 out of 57;\n9. Manageable spasticity for Kinarm tasks.\n\nInclusion Criteria healthy participants:\n\n1. Written informed consent must be obtained prior to any screening procedures;\n2. ≥18 and ≤85 years old;\n3. Being a Dutch or English speaker;\n4. No history of stroke or transient ischemic attack;\n5. No recent brain\u002Fhead injury;\n6. No major upper limb sensory or motor impairments.\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n1. Having musculoskeletal and\u002For other neurological disorders impacting care or prognosis;\n2. Having severe communication or cognitive deficits that interfere with the protocol;\n3. Having severe spasticity (cannot handle Kinarm robot);\n4. Any disorder, which in the investigator's opinion might jeopardise participant's safety or compliance with the CIP;\n5. Contraindications for robot-based therapy (e.g., uncontrolled epilepsy);\n6. Participation in another clinical investigation;\n7. Having any contraindications for fNIRS\\*：\n\n   * Uncontrolled head movements (e.g. tremor)\n   * Scalp lesion at optode sites (wound\u002Fincision\u002Finfection\u002Fhematoma)\n   * Decompressive craniectomy or large skull defect over target regions\n   * Persistent hair-optode coupling failure despite best practices, or non-removable obstructions preventing adequate coupling\n8. Having any contraindications for MRI\\*\\*:\n\n   * Pacemaker\n   * Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)\n   * Cochlear implant\n   * Internal Insulin-pump\n   * Deep brain stimulation\n   * Any other metal device in the body\n   * Claustrophobia\n   * Having a history of a neuropsychiatric or neurologic disorder before the diagnosis of stroke (e.g., depression, traumatic brain injury)\n   * Use of psychoactive medication before the diagnosis of stroke (e.g., anti-depressive medication)\n   * Misuse (or history of misuse) of drugs\u002Falcohol\n9. Currently undergoing a structured arm and\u002For hand training (e.g. engaging in playing a musical instrument)\\*\\*.\n\n   * Stroke patients and healthy participants showing these exclusion criteria will be included in the RCT protocol, but will not be measured with fNIRS.\n\n     * Stroke patients showing these exclusion criteria will be included in the RCT protocol, but will not be measured with MRI. Healthy adults showing these exclusion criteria will not be included in the study.",true,"ALL","18 Years","85 Years",{"count":85,"type":86},109,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[89],"NA","Sensorimotor function of the upper limb is commonly impaired after stroke, even in the chronic phase (\\>6 months post-stroke). Nevertheless, good sensorimotor function is needed for daily life functioning. Sensorimotor function can be divided into three components: exteroception, proprioception and sensory processing. It is important that those three components will each be addressed in the upper limb rehabilitation. Unfortunately, there is still no optimal therapy to address sensory processing. Therefore, the investigators developed an intensive sensorimotor robot-based rehabilitation paradigm (called ROBUST) with focus on sensory processing. As a first step, the investigators did a pilot study (S69003) including 10 persons with chronic stroke to investigate the potential effectiveness and feasibility of this novel rehabilitation. The median change score of motor, sensory and sensorimotor assessments was exceeding the minimal clinical important difference (MCID), and the total amount of therapy was feasible as well. The investigated protocols to measure potential changes in brain function (activity and connectivity) and structure accompanying the novel therapy appeared feasible as well. Based on this first pilot study, the investigators finalized the protocol for this RCT to investigate the effectiveness of the ROBUST intervention.",[92,93],"Stroke","Healthy Adult",[92,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102],"Upper limb","Sensorimotor","Sensory processing","Robot-based therapy","MRI","fNIRS","Clinical outcomes","Kinematic outcomes","NOT_YET_RECRUITING","2026-05-06",{"date":106,"type":107},"2026-05-11","ACTUAL",{"date":109,"type":86},"2026-04-17",{"date":111,"type":86},"2027-12-31",{"name":5,"class":6},1]