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Effect of Speed-dependent Treadmill Training in Patients With Subacute Stroke

NCT01328301 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2015-03-20

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Summary

This study aimed to explore whether speed-dependent treadmill training is more effective at improving walking and balance performance than speed-stable treadmill training in patients with subacute stroke. Twenty-six patients with stroke completed 2 weeks of treadmill training. Results showed that speed-dependent treadmill training is more effective at improving walking speed and step length than speed-stable treadmill training in patients with subacute stroke.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Experimental

For SDT training, subjects received short intervals of locomotion training with a treadmill. After walking for 30s, the subjects were given two minutes of rest. If they completed the first walking trial safely and without stumbling, the belt speed was increased by 10% on the next trial. However, if a subject failed to complete the first trial, the belt speed was decreased by 10% on the next trial. The speed of the treadmill was adjusted in each subsequent trial according to the same principle. Subjects usually completed 7-8 walking trials in one session. The belt speed was increased by a maximum of five increments within one training session.

OTHER

Speed-stable treadmill training

Subjects in the control group walked on the treadmill with the belt speed adjusted according to their fastest over-ground gait speed. There was no adjustment of the belt speed throughout the 30-minute steady-speed treadmill training session.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tung Wah Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Margaret KY Mak, PhD · Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-12-31
Primary Completion
2009-12-31
Completion
2009-12-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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