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Enhanced Treadmill Gait Training With Lower Limb Support After Stroke

NCT03348215 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 21

Last updated 2024-02-15

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Summary

This series of single case studies aims to test the feasibility and acceptability of an enhanced treadmill system for the recovery of gait function in stroke survivors. Forty adult participants who have had a stroke in the past year that resulted in impaired gait function and are attending a local hospital for gait training, will be recruited. Participants will be asked to attend a rehabilitation clinic for seven weeks, three times a week where they will receive enhanced treadmill training supervised by a physiotherapist. Assessment sessions will take place in week 1, weeks 5 and 8, and after 3 months. Outcome measures recorded during assessment sessions will include gait variables (e.g. speed, cadence, step length and joint kinematics) measured overground and on the treadmill using motion capture technology and outside using body worn sensors (inertial motion unit). Participants will complete a questionnaire on their community walking habits and asked to wear a physical activity monitor for 48 hours to record stepping time.

The basic intervention will comprise of walking on a treadmill capable of adjusting its speed to match that of the user (using feedback from the motion capture system) and a large television screen showing a virtual reality scene (woodland walking) with visual perturbations (virtual obstacle avoidance). In addition participants will be divided equally and randomly (Latin square) to either wear an ankle foot orthosis (AFO group) or functional electrical stimulation (FES group) while walking on the treadmill but not provided for home use. Training sessions will last up to a max of 20 minutes, will be supervised by a physiotherapist and participants will wear a safety harness to remove any risk of trip falls. Any adverse event such as muscle/joint pain, illness or a fall at home will be recorded, participants and physiotherapists will also be asked for feedback on their experience with the treadmill system using questionnaires and semi-structured interviews

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Enhanced Treadmill Training

6 week programme of treadmill training with addition of an immersive environment (virtual reality projection), body weight support, orthotics and functional electrical stimulation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Strathclyde

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Andrew Kerr, PhD · University of Strathclyde

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-06-01
Primary Completion
2019-09-01
Completion
2019-10-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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