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Walking Balance Training Post-Stroke

NCT06090604 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 33

Last updated 2025-07-08

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Summary

Stroke is one of the leading causes of disability in the United States, affecting \~795,000 people annually. Among ambulatory people with chronic stroke, impaired balance is common and substantially limits mobility (those with the poorest balance walk the least). This project will explore if a novel gait training intervention using a robotic device to amplify a person's self-generated movements can improve walking balance in people with chronic stroke. The development of effective interventions to increase walking balance among people with chronic stroke will positively impact quality of life and ability to participate in walking activities.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

High intensity gait training in a balance challenging Movement amplification environment

For Aim 2, each participant will engage in ten 45-min high-intensity gait training sessions performed in a Movement Amplification Environment (MAE). Training sessions will occur 2x/week and led by a licensed Physical Therapist. The goal of each training session is to achieve 40-min of stepping practice within a targeted range of heart rate (HR) of 70 to 80% of estimated age-predicted HR max and perceived excursion (RPE) in a MAE. Each session will begin and end with a 2.5-min warm-up and cool down, with 40-min of training using two 10-min Speed-training blocks and two 10-min Balance-training blocks. Balance training activities will include lateral maneuvers, head turns, obstacle negotiation, and backward walking. The MAE gain, training speeds and balance activities will be progressively increased within and across sessions to challenge the participant.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Keith Gordon, PhD · Assistant Professor, Northwestern University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-08-18
Primary Completion
2025-05-02
Completion
2025-05-02

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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