Clinical trials: sponsored by Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Stroke, Healthy
WIM Exosuit Wearable Soft Robot for Enhancing Walking Activity
This study is to develop, test, and optimize a soft hip wearable robot for individuals with stroke, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, or older adults with no neurologic deficits.
- Trial name
- NCT07061691
- Testing
- WIM Robotic Exoskeleton
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Spinal Cord Injuries or Similar Neurological Weakness
EKSO Trial: Powered Exoskeleton for Ambulation in Subjects With Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
This study seeks to test the safety and efficacy of the Esko device in SCI population and in populations with similar neurological weakness to the SCI population.
- Trial name
- EKSO (NCT01701388)
- Testing
- Ekso exoskeleton
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Stroke
Locomotor Function Following Transcutaneous Electrical Spinal Cord Stimulation in Individuals With Hemiplegic Stroke
This study has two interventional components, the first is a cross-over design and the second is a randomized control trial. Both will evaluate the effectiveness of transcutaneous (non-invasive) spinal cord stimulation on gait…
- Trial name
- NCT05167786
- Testing
- Noninvasive spinal stimulation with gait training, Conventional gait training, Exploratory Phase - Optimization of Gait Training and Spinal Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 115 people
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Stroke
Inpatient Stroke Recovery Using Sensors
This observational trial seeks to assess the feasibility of using non-invasive, portable, real-time body-worn sensors to continuously monitor, quantify, and interpret recovery during inpatient treatment of stroke
- Trial name
- NCT04219670
- Testing
- Wearable sensors
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Multiple Sclerosis, Fibromyalgia
Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of a Full-Body Electrostimulation Garment for Individuals With Neurological and Neuromuscular Conditions That Cause Spasticity, Hyperreflexia, and Pain
The purpose of this study is to to explore the safety and efficacy of the EXOPULSE Mollii suit, a full-body electrostimulation suit, for individuals with neurological or neuromuscular conditions that cause spasticity…
- Conditions
- Multiple Sclerosis, Fibromyalgia, Neurologic Disorder, Neuromuscular Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT07132775
- Testing
- Active full-body stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Healthy Control, Spinal Cord Injury
Paired Stimulation Plasticity for Motor Recovery in Humans With and Without Spinal Cord Injury
This study will investigate how aging and spinal cord injury (SCI) affect the transmission and plasticity of the corticospinal and reticulospinal tracts, which are important pathways for motor control.
- Trial name
- NCT07814313
- Testing
- CST PAS, RST PAS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Traumatic Brain Injuries
Therapeutic Benefits of Pareidolia in Acute Traumatic Brain Injury Patients
This study will investigate whether viewing and identifying meaningful shapes or images hidden within nature pictures (pareidolia) can improve motivation and engagement in rehabilitation therapy for adults with mild to moderate…
- Trial name
- NCT07867119
- Testing
- Therapeutic Benefits of Pareidolia, Active Comparator #1
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Motor Delay, Infant Development
Wearable Sensor Toolkit for Infant Motor Development
The purpose of this study is to develop and test a fully automated, wireless sensor-based toolkit for infants that can capture early indicators (0-3 months) of motor deficits during activities of daily life and track motor…
- Conditions
- Motor Delay, Infant Development, Motor Development of Premature Infants, Motor Coordination or Function; Developmental Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT07866495
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Hypoesthesia
Multimodal Haptic Feedback for Plantar Sensory Substitution
The study will explore the use of a haptic device for sensory substitution in individuals with a movement disorder that has caused loss of plantar sensation. The haptic device consists of two components.
- Trial name
- NCT06232512
- Testing
- Haptic Device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Motor Delay, Premature Birth
Effects of a Physical Therapy Intervention on Motor Delay in Infants Admitted to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Study Aims Pilot study: Due to the large recruitment goal and length of the project, the study team/PIs will evaluate the first cohort of 6-10 participants to refine study procedures and study-related materials.
- Conditions
- Motor Delay, Premature Birth, Intraventricular Hemorrhage, Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
- Trial name
- NCT05568264
- Testing
- Physical Therapy intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 222 people
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Parkinson's Disease, Essential Tremor
Sensory-specific Peripheral Stimulation for Tremor Management
The purpose of this study is to understand the neurophysiological mechanisms of peripheral electrical stimulation (PES) in modulating supraspinal tremorogenic input to motoneurons.
- Trial name
- NCT04501133
- Testing
- Peripheral electrical stimulation, Single pulse TMS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Stroke
Evaluation of Sensorimotor Ankle Impairments in Chronic Stroke
The purpose of this study is to capture sensorimotor ankle function in a chronic stroke population through validation of novel, experimental metrics and their comparison with established, clinical measures of function.
- Trial name
- NCT06410989
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Essential Tremor, Healthy Individuals
Impact of Sensory Electrical Stimulation on Sensation and Tremor
The purpose of this study is to understand the acute, short-term and long-term impact of transcutaneous and/or percutaneous electrical stimulation with afferent-specific electrical stimulation (asES) on proprioception and fine…
- Trial name
- NCT06428526
- Testing
- Continuous stimulation strategy, Closed-loop stimulation strategy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Stroke
Muscle Coordination-Based Feedback for Stroke Rehabilitation
The purpose of this study is to compare two interventions currently used to improve gait and lower limb function in individuals with chronic stroke (i.e., high-intensity gait training and high-intensity gait training with…
- Trial name
- NCT06099444
- Testing
- Conventional High Intensity Gait Training, Standard FES to the Tibialis Anterior (TA), Synergy-Based Multichannel FES (MFES)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Stroke
Real-time Neuromuscular Control of Exoskeletons
The purpose of this study is to develop a real-time controller for exoskeletons using neural information embedded in human musculature.
- Trial name
- NCT04661891
- Testing
- Isometric contractions, Isokinetic contractions, Dynamic contractions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Stroke
Tracking Neural Synergies After Stroke.
The purpose of this study is to identify neural muscle synergies of patients post-stroke and track them during an inpatient acute rehabilitation.
- Trial name
- NCT04805866
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Stroke, Spinal Cord Injuries
Human-like Robotic Controllers for Enhanced Motor Learning
The purpose of this study is to develop a new paradigm to understand how humans physically interact with each other at a single and at multiple joints, with multiple contact points, so as to synthesize robot controllers that can…
- Trial name
- HRCEML (NCT04578665)
- Testing
- Behavioral Interaction Conditions, Haptic Impedance Level, Skill Level of Partner
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 764 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
TBI Traumatic Brain Injury
Noninvasive Brain Stimulation to Enhance Cognition at Home Following a TBI.
The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of using transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) at home, to enhance cognitive recovery in patients with mild-moderate traumatic brain injury…
- Trial name
- NCT07428980
- Testing
- Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (tVNS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Multiple Sclerosis, Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - Relapsing-remitting
Acute Intermittent Hypoxia Combined With Gait Training in Multiple Sclerosis
This interventional, randomized, sham-controlled study will examine whether Acute Intermittent Hypoxia (AIH) delivered immediately before Myoelectric Interface Neurorehabilitation Training (MINT)-based locomotor training improves…
- Conditions
- Multiple Sclerosis, Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - Relapsing-remitting, Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Primary Progressive, Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Secondary Progressive
- Trial name
- MINT (NCT07631923)
- Testing
- Acute Intermittent Hypoxia (AIH), Myoelectric Interface Neurorehabilitation Training (MINT)
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Traumatic Brain Injury
The Impact of Yoga-based Physical Therapy for Individuals With Traumatic Brain Injury
This study aims to explore if a yoga-based physical therapy session would promote improved (increased) heart rate variability in subjects with traumatic brain injuries.
- Trial name
- NCT03701594
- Testing
- Yoga-based physical therapy group, Seated Rest, Conventional Physical Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab