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Effectiveness of Paretic Lower Limb Loading During Over-ground Training Among Stroke Survivors

NCT05097391 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 48

Last updated 2023-03-22

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Summary

Post-stroke gait deviations contribute to significant functional disability, impaired walking ability and poor quality of life. Prior studies suggest that gait training with paretic lower limb loading may improve gait parameters and walking ability in post-stroke. However, most gait training methods used in these studies are not readily available, and studies using cheaper methods are limited.

Conditions

  • Stroke
  • Hemiparesis;Poststroke/CVA

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Warm-up (5 minutes)

Participants will benefit from passive stretches of hamstrings, calf muscles including a range of motion (ROM) exercise to the lower limbs as mat exercises.

BEHAVIORAL

Conventional physiotherapy exercise (15 minutes)

The conventional treatments will be active-assisted and free active exercises to the lower limbs on the mat for five (5) minutes. This will be followed by strength training such as sit-to-stand exercises for five (5) minutes and squatting exercises for five (5) minutes prior to the over-ground training.

BEHAVIORAL

Over-ground training with lower limb loading (15-25 minutes)

Participants will perform the over-ground training exercise with an external 1.5kg load on the paretic lower limb placed 2cm above the ankle joint. Before commencing the over-ground training, all the participants will observe a pre-exercise rest period of about two (2) minutes during which their heart rate and blood pressure measurements will be recorded. The over-ground training will involve the patients walking within a demarcated path. Each participant will be instructed to stand and walk 15meters to and fro for five (5) minutes after which they will be asked to stop and rest for two (2) minutes. The over ground training exercise will be repeated 3 times in the first 2 weeks of the training (15 minutes); 4 times in weeks 3-4 of the training (20 minutes); and 5 times in weeks 5-8 of the training (25 minutes).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Bayero University Kano, Nigeria

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Abdulhamid U Maje, M.Sc. · Muhammadu Abdullahi Wase Teaching Hospital, Kano State

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-08-02
Primary Completion
2023-02-25
Completion
2023-03-14

Countries

  • Nigeria

Study Locations

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