Using Gaze to Enable Head-neck Movements in Patients With Head Drop
Using Gaze to Enable Personalized Head-neck Movements Through a Powered Neck Exoskeleton
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis & Other Neuromuscular Disorders
At a glance
- Phase
- Phase not stated
- Study type
- Interventional
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
- Enrolment target
- 12
- Started
- 30 June 2025
- Main results due
- 31 October 2026
- Study sites
- 1
- Registry updated
- 23 September 2026
Can you take part?
- Aged 18 years and over.
- Open to any sex.
- You need the condition being studied — healthy volunteers are not accepted.
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Read the full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * neck weakness and age over 18 Exclusion Criteria: * Any cognitive deficits or visual impairments that would prevent from safely using the device and completing the tasks and poor device fitting.
What this study is about
In the sponsor’s own words, from the registry.
The investigators will develop and evaluate controllers for a powered neck exoskeleton in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to understand how to allow adequate personalization and function and achieves satisfaction from users. In this small device feasibility study, participants will be enrolled from the ALS clinic at the University of Utah Hospital. After obtaining written consent, participants will perform tasks while using the neck exoskeleton with the controllers. Tasks include computerized tracking tasks and simulated activities of daily living. Breaks will be added between tasks to avoid fatigue. Head-neck kinematics, gaze data, controller preferences, and survey responses will be recorded.
Study sites(1)
Utah Wearable Robotics Laboratory, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Recruiting
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT07836751. Trialion does not run this study, is not paid to refer anyone to it, and cannot enrol you. Eligibility is always decided by the research team at the site.
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