High-tech Rehabilitation Impact on Muscle MRI

Sponsor
IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Study ID
NCT06884956
Status
Enrolling By Invitation

Conditions

  • Movement Disorders
  • Treatment

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
8 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Study Details

The use of high-tech techniques is becoming increasingly popular in the rehabilitation field, where the use of exoskeletons, robots, virtual reality, etc. allow for customized rehabilitation protocols. Moreover, their combination with virtual reality systems improves the patient's involvement increasing the effectiveness of the treatment, especially in the pediatric context. Several literature studies confirmed the effectiveness of rehabilitation treatments in the pediatric field in terms of functional and physiologic scores (e.g. GMFM). This study aims to use MRI to identify biomarkers for the morpho-functional characterization of skeletal muscle and for the evaluation of the effect of high-tech rehabilitation treatment on it.

Key Dates

First listed
Mar 19, 2025
Start date
Jun 13, 2023
Status verified
Mar 2025
Primary completion
Sep 30, 2025
Completion
Dec 31, 2025

Study Design

Enrollment
30 participants (estimated)

Arms

  • Arm: Patients
    Patients undergoing a motion rehabilitation treatment by using high tech devices, i.e. GRAIL and/or Lokomat

Primary Outcome Measure

Volume [ Time Frame: Evaluated before and after the (2-3 weeks) rehabilitation treatment. The MRI data were acquired within 3 days before the beginning of the treatment and the within one week after the end of the treatment. ]

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