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Falls-based Training for Walking Post-Stroke

NCT02787759 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 54

Last updated 2018-02-26

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Summary

We propose a study that uses challenging walking exercises as a research training program and compare balance and walking abilities against a non-challenging exercise program, in a group of 40 people with long standing (\> 6 months) weakness that occurred after a stroke. Our main balance measure will be changes with the Berg Balance Score and Dynamic Gait Index, and our main walking measure will be walking speed over a 10 meter walkway and distance walked over a six minute period. Also, we will measure balance confidence, using scores on Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale, changes in quality of life as measured by the Geriatric Depression Scale, SF-36 and Stroke Impact Scale. If challenging exercises are shown to be more effective than non-challenging exercises, then we will share this promising new approach with the community in hopes of improving people's lives after a stroke.

Conditions

  • Cerebral Hemiplegia

Interventions

OTHER

Hands-Free Walking

Walking on a treadmill at 60-80% maximum heart rate without holding onto anything

OTHER

Challenge Based plus Hands-Free'

Walking on a treadmill at 60-80% maximum heart rate without holding onto anything under 9 different challenging conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • U.S. Department of Education

    collaborator FED

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • David A Brown, PhD · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-06-30
Primary Completion
2015-11-30
Completion
2016-01-31

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