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The Influence of Haptic Communication on Healthy and Impaired Human Motor Learning of a Robot-Based Task

Recruiting

18-100 years

All

Phase N/A

50 participants needed

1 Location

Brief description of study

This study looks at how people learn to do things with robots. We want to see if it’s easier to learn when you work with someone else or when you do it by yourself. We are also interested in how different people with different physical and thinking abilities learn these skills, and how working together with a partner can make a difference.

Detailed description of study

For this study, participants will be asked to visit the Rehabilitation Robotics Lab at the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Medicine Rittenhouse, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1800 Lombard Street, 1st Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19146.

Participants will be asked to complete the following:

*Upper limb training with a rehabilitation robot

*Retention assessment of motor learning

*Clinical assessments of cognitive and motor function

*Robot-based assessments of cognitive and motor function

*Surveys

The study is composed of 3 parts. You may be asked to participate in one, two or all of the parts on separate days.

Part 1 includes a clinical and robot based assessment of your motor and cognitive function by a member of the research team

Part 2 includes robot based motor learning and training using our Haptic Theradrive robot. When you do this there may be another patient operating the other robot. As you complete this task you may experience forces that assist or resist your movement

Part 3 includes a retention assessment of the robot based motor training.

Each session will last approximately 1/2 hour to 3 hours each.

You will be compensated $35/session. In addition, you may be compensated for transportation costs up to $5 if necessary.

*Participants may be videotaped or photographed in any one of the sessions for purposes of documenting our process.

Eligibility of study

You may be eligible for this study if you meet the following criteria:

Conditions: Healthy or Mild to Moderate Motor and/or Cognitive Impairment
Age: Between 18 Years - 100 Years
Gender: All

Inclusion

Greater than 18 years of age and able to give consent
No motor or cognitive deficit OR mild to moderate motor impairment of one or both upper limbs AND/OR mild to moderate cognitive impairment
Ability to sit for 60-90 minutes at a time

Exclusion

Severe depression
Inability to sit upright for 1.5 hours at a time
Greater than mild pain

Updated on 22 Aug 2024. Study ID: 851418

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