Clinical Utility of Robot-Assisted Gait Training in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury Caused by Electrical Burns: A Case Report

NCT05883917 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: HangangSHH-15
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 2
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Robot-assisted gait training has been effective in several diseases. Nevertheless, evidence supporting the efficacy of such training in burn patients remains insufficient. This report aimed to evaluate the effect of robot-assisted gait training in burn patients with spinal cord injuries caused by electrical trauma. We will report a case of two patients who underwent 30 min of robot-assisted gait training using SUBAR® (Cretem, Korea) with 30 min of conventional physiotherapy, 5 days a week for 12 weeks.

Conditions

Gait Disorder, Sensorimotor; Burns; Spinal Cord Injuries

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• American Spinal Injury Association

  12 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• lower extremity motor subscale score (LEMS; range 0-50)

  12 weeks

• passive range of motions

  12 weeks

• The ambulatory motor index (AMI; range 0-30)

  12 weeks

Study Arms (1)

robot assisted gait training

EXPERIMENTAL

Gait training using SUBAR® (Cretem, Korea) proceeded by adjusting parameters (gait speed, step length, and degree of knee flexion) according to the patient's leg length and gait function. The parameters were set to the maximum levels tolerated by the patient. The patients underwent 30 min of robot-assisted training using SUBAR® with 30 min of conventional physiotherapy, 5 days a week for 12 weeks.

Procedure: robot assisted gait training

Interventions

robot assisted gait training PROCEDURE

Gait training using SUBAR® (Cretem, Korea) proceeded by adjusting parameters (gait speed, step length, and degree of knee flexion) according to the patient's leg length and gait function. The parameters were set to the maximum levels tolerated by the patient. The patients underwent 30 min of robot-assisted training using SUBAR® with 30 min of conventional physiotherapy, 5 days a week for 12 weeks.

robot assisted gait training

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 75 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• electrical burn
• spinal cord injury
• aged \> 18 years
• aged \<75 years
• ≤ 1 functional ambulation category (FAC) score of ≤3

You may not qualify if:

• had fourth-degree burns (involving muscles, tendons, and bone injuries)
• had musculoskeletal diseases (fracture, amputation, rheumatoid arthritis, and degenerative joint diseases) involving the burned lower extremity.
• cognitive disorders
• intellectual impairment before burn injury
• serious cardiac dysfunction
• skin disorders that could be worsened by RAGT
• severe pain who were unable to undergo rehabilitation programs

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital: lead

Related Publications (3)

• Ohn SH, Kim DY, Shin JC, Kim SM, Yoo WK, Lee SK, Park CH, Jung KI, Jang KU, Seo CH, Koh SH, Jung B. Analysis of high-voltage electrical spinal cord injury using diffusion tensor imaging. J Neurol. 2013 Nov;260(11):2876-83. doi: 10.1007/s00415-013-7081-1. Epub 2013 Sep 4.

  PMID: 24002417 RESULT

• Cheung EYY, Ng TKW, Yu KKK, Kwan RLC, Cheing GLY. Robot-Assisted Training for People With Spinal Cord Injury: A Meta-Analysis. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2017 Nov;98(11):2320-2331.e12. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2017.05.015. Epub 2017 Jun 20.

  PMID: 28645768 RESULT

• Lee SY, Seo CH, Ch YS, Kim Y, Yoon Y, Joo SY. Exoskeleton Robot Training in Two Patients with an Electrical Burn and Septic Arthritis: A Case Report. J Burn Care Res. 2025 Aug 12;46(3):646-651. doi: 10.1093/jbcr/irae205.

  PMID: 39851068 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Gait Disorders, Neurologic; Burns; Spinal Cord Injuries

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Wounds and Injuries; Spinal Cord Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Trauma, Nervous System

Central Study Contacts

Baek Seongeun

CONTACT

82-2-2639-5900; tjddms1108@hallym.or.kr

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital

Model Details: Gait training using SUBAR® (Cretem, Korea) proceeded by adjusting parameters (gait speed, step length, and degree of knee flexion) according to the patient's leg length and gait function. The parameters were set to the maximum levels tolerated by the patient. The patients underwent 30 min of robot-assisted training using SUBAR® with 30 min of conventional physiotherapy, 5 days a week for 12 weeks.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 22, 2023
• First Posted: June 1, 2023
• Study Start: June 15, 2023
• Primary Completion: December 15, 2023
• Study Completion: December 31, 2023
• Last Updated: June 1, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share