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First received: November 22, 2023

Clinical Trial: Somatosensation Device Trial

Study Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Recruit Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Condition: Amputation

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL


Official Title: Testing of the Somatosensation Device (SD) for Device Effectiveness While Enhancing Feedback in Lower Extremities

Brief Summary: This research is being done to test a new device, called the Somatosensation Device, with people who have either a below knee amputation, or neuropathy (i.e.decreased sensation) in their legs.When people have lost sensation in their feet, it may make walking and balance more difficult.The Somatosensation Device is designed to substitute the loss of feeling in a foot by pressing on nerves on the surface of the leg.It presses on the nerves by using a pneumatic balloon to put pressure on your skin.If people receive…

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