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Does Improved Ability to Achieve Single Leg Stance Lead to a More Efficient Gait Pattern in Adults With Acquired Brain Injury?

NCT04062149 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2020-10-14

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Summary

The purpose of the study is to see if a person can stand better on their weaker leg does this improve their walking ability following treatment specifically aimed at standing on leg. This will be compared to people who receive normal physiotherapy treatment not treatment specifically focusing on their ability to stand on their weaker leg. The study is being carried out as part of the researcher's Masters Degree. Participants will be allocated to either the control group (normal physiotherapy treatment) or the experimental group (normal physiotherapy plus physiotherapy working specifically on standing on the weaker leg). There is currently some evidence to show that working specifically on standing on one leg can improve a person's walking but this evidence is limited. Consequently, further research is warranted to identify any links between this treatment approach and walking ability.

Conditions

  • Acquired Brain Injury

Interventions

OTHER

single leg stance treatment

SLS treatment following the neurodevelopmental treatment (NDT). SLS is the ability of one limb to support the body's weight in a standing position. In gait it is the foot being in contact with the ground whilst the body passes over it and this stance phase of gait accounts for 60% of the gait cycle. The treatment approach of NDT has been chosen as this is the most common physiotherapy treatment option in the UK and is the most common option in the studies above. NDT is a problem-solving approach to the assessment and treatment of individuals with disturbances of function, movement and postural control due to a lesion of the central nervous system and provides an outline of the treatment required to achieve SLS which will form the basis of the intervention of this study.

OTHER

Usual physiotherapy

Individualised physiotherapy treatment approach, as per standard protocol, but it will not work specifically on SLS. Will be based on the neuro-developmental technique.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Salford

    collaborator OTHER

  • Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER_GOV

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-12-24
Primary Completion
2020-07-08
Completion
2020-07-08

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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