Assessing Force Feedback With the SoftHand Pro (CUFF)

November 18, 2020 updated by: Kristin Zhao, PhD

Assessing the Effectiveness of Upper-limb Force Feedback With the SoftHand Pro Myoelectric Prosthesis in Persons With Transradial Limb Loss

The trial is designed to test the effectiveness of a force-feedback cuff in combination with a myoelectric prosthesis in conveying information on grasp strength to the user, as well as the user's preference regarding the feature.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The human sensorimotor control system uses both feedforward planning and sensory feedback information, in order to actuate the musculoskeletal system and interact with the external environment, e.g. when modulating grip force for various object properties. As a result, lack of sensory input, as in the case of motor impairments or amputations, can dramatically affect activities of daily living (ADLs). The contribution of the proposed research will be to test the effectiveness of a novel, non-invasive prosthetic technology in delivering sensory information. The investigators' approach is "modality matching," in that it produces a sensation in the user similar to the type of information to be transmitted. Specifically, the approach will combine the Soft Hand Pro (SHP), an anthropomorphic, myoelectrically controlled prosthetic hand, with an upper limb force feedback device (CUFF) to provide patients with transradial amputations with grasp force (pressure) information.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

27

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Minnesota
      • Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
        • Mayo Clinic in Rochester

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. age > 18 years.
  2. no prior experience with the CUFF device.
  3. history of elbow disarticulation, transradial, or transhumeral limb loss (non-control subjects only).

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. amputation for less than 6 months
  2. clinical history of brachial plexopathy, cervical radiculopathy or polyneuropathy
  3. orthopedic, joint degeneration (i.e., arthritis, verified by x-ray) affecting the hand or cervical spine that severely limit upper limb function
  4. visual problems that would interfere with the grasp task
  5. co-existing central nervous system disease with symptoms that limit upper extremity function (e.g., multiple sclerosis, motor neuron disease, myasthenia gravis, Parkinson's disease, dystonia) revealed in medical history
  6. significant rigidity as assessed through range of motion testing
  7. active psychiatric illness
  8. significant cognitive impairments (a score < 24 on the Mini-Mental State Examination)
  9. use of medications that might affect sensory and/or motor functions
  10. inability to effectively control myoelectrics for study purposes (control subjects only)

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Device Feasibility
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Patient
Testing will include assessments of activities of daily living (ADLs) by a physical therapist, biomechanical measures of forces applied to objects and motion of the upper limb collected during commonly-performed tasks, and surveys assessing user preference regarding the force feedback feature, all while using the SoftHand Pro myoelectric lower arm prosthetic and the CUFF force feedback devices in tandem, utilizing the subjects' own prosthetic sockets. Grip force will be recorded using sensors attached to the CUFF device. During each session, videos will be obtained of the subjects performing tasks for kinematics analysis. The experimental sessions are organized into one to two sessions, comprising up to 16 hours, as determined by subject availability.
Device: SoftHand Pro with CUFF force feedback device
Participants will complete various movement and activity of daily living (ADL) assessments to test the effectiveness of the CUFF device in combination with the Soft Hand Pro (SHP) in conveying haptic force feedback to patients with transradial limb loss, and to assess the extent to which the grip force feedback improves the embodiment of the prosthetic device.
Other Names:
  • SoftHand
  • SoftHand Pro
  • CUFF
  • SHpro
Other: Control
Testing will include assessments of activities of daily living (ADLs) by a physical therapist, biomechanical measures of forces applied to objects and motion of the upper limb collected during commonly-performed tasks, and surveys assessing user preference regarding the force feedback feature, all while using the SoftHand Pro myoelectric lower arm prosthetic and the CUFF force feedback devices in tandem, utilizing an adapter simulating a prosthetic socket. Grip force will be recorded using sensors attached to the CUFF device. During each session, videos will be obtained of the subjects performing tasks for kinematics analysis. The experimental sessions are organized into one to two sessions, comprising up to 16 hours, as determined by subject availability.
Device: SoftHand Pro with CUFF force feedback device
Participants will complete various movement and activity of daily living (ADL) assessments to test the effectiveness of the CUFF device in combination with the Soft Hand Pro (SHP) in conveying haptic force feedback to patients with transradial limb loss, and to assess the extent to which the grip force feedback improves the embodiment of the prosthetic device.
Other Names:
  • SoftHand
  • SoftHand Pro
  • CUFF
  • SHpro

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Conveyance of force feedback
Time Frame: 1 year
Assessments will measure the extent to which the CUFF device conveys haptic force feedback, when used in combination with the Soft Hand Pro.
1 year
Improvement to device embodiment through addition of grip force feedback
Time Frame: 1 year
Assessments will determine any improvement of device embodiment from the addition of grip force feedback to the Soft Hand Pro.
1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Kristin Zhao, PhD

Collaborators

University of Pisa
Arizona State University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Karen L. Andrews, M.D., Mayo Clinic

Publications and helpful links

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Helpful Links

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

October 17, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 14, 2019

Study Completion (Actual)

June 14, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 21, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 21, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

January 26, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

November 20, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 18, 2020

Last Verified

November 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 17-005611

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

Yes

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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