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Optimizing Gait Symmetry After Stroke Using Mechanical Constraints and Sensory Feedback

NCT07087769 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2026-04-01

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Summary

This single-session study aims to evaluate a novel gait training protocol that integrates mechanical constraints and sensory feedback to enhance paretic leg propulsion in individuals post-stroke. The study will include 15 individuals who have experienced a stroke and 15 healthy adults, each aged 20 years or older. Participants will walk on both tied-belt and split-belt treadmills under various training conditions, including backward-directed resistance (applied at the pelvis, ankle, or both) and real-time sensory feedback (visual, auditory, or combined). These interventions will be applied individually and in combination to identify the most effective environment for promoting symmetrical gait patterns. Each session will last approximately two hours. The equipment used is non-invasive, and the risk to participants is minimal.

Conditions

  • Stroke
  • Split-belt Treadmill
  • Resistance Exercise
  • Feedback
  • Gait Training

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Treadmill Walking with Split-Belt and/or Tied-Belt Conditions

Participants will walk on an instrumented treadmill under split-belt and/or tied-belt conditions depending on their walking capacity. The belt speeds will be adjusted to facilitate locomotor adaptation and evaluate propulsion symmetry.

BEHAVIORAL

Mechanical Resistance (Pelvis and/or Ankle) depending on participant's walking capacity

Participants will walk on a treadmill (Split-belt and/or Tied-belt) with backward-directed resistance applied at the pelvis, ankle, or both. The resistance is used to challenge paretic leg propulsion and assess adaptive gait responses.

BEHAVIORAL

Sensory Feedback Training

Real-time feedback-visual, auditory, or combined-will be provided based on the propulsive force generated during split-belt and/or tied-belt treadmill walking, with or without mechanical resistance.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-07-25
Primary Completion
2026-12-01
Completion
2026-12-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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