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The Effects of Body Weight Supported Treadmill Training On Balance In Stroke Patients

NCT02735148 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 45

Last updated 2017-03-03

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Summary

Stroke is one of the most common causes of acquired adult disability. The majority of stroke survivors have mobility difficulties such as poor standing, decreased walking speed, balance disturbances, and increased risk for falls. Improving mobility, functional walking and balance are the main goals of stroke rehabilitation. Robotic technologies are becoming more promising intervention for the locomotor training in stroke rehabilitation. Static or dynamic balance deficits act crucial role on gait performance among stroke survivors. Therefore it is important to determine the effects of BWSTT in improving balance in persons with stroke. Although it has been demonstrated that BWSTT improved balance and gait performance in stroke patients, it is not clear whether the improvements are greater compared with those associated with other gait rehabilitation methods. To the investigators knowledge, there are also limited studies in the literature concerning the effects of BWSTT on falling risk in stroke patients. The strong evidence is needed about the effectiveness of BWSTT including comprehensive determinants of balance with combined and isolated intervention groups.This study aims to compare the effects of BWSTT with combined and isolated intervention on balance, gait and fall risk in patients with subacute and chronic stroke. The investigators hypotheses are that after stroke:

1. the combination of BWSTT with conventional training may lead to more improved balance parameters;
2. when applied as an isolated intervention, BWSTT or conventional training may lead to similar results.

Conditions

  • Cerebrovascular Stroke
  • Cerebral Stroke
  • Cerebrovascular Accident

Interventions

OTHER

Body Weight Supported Treadmill Training

There were three intervention arms in this study, 1. Body Weight Supported Treadmill Training, 2. Conventional Training and 3. Combined Training.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Istanbul University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • IPEK YELDAN, Assoc.prof · Istanbul University, Faculty of Health Science, Division of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-11-30
Primary Completion
2015-10-31
Completion
2015-11-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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