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Targeted Ankle Proprioceptive Training Improves Balance, Gait, and Functional Mobility in Chronic Stroke Survivors

NCT07420608 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 140

Last updated 2026-02-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability, with balance and gait deficits affecting \>80% of survivors and increasing fall risk. Emerging evidence links ankle proprioceptive impairment-particularly inversion/eversion acuity-to these deficits, often bilateral and central in origin. Cross-sectional studies show strong associations, but causality, temporal progression, and intervention efficacy (especially in severe/non-ambulatory cases) remain unproven. This trial tests a targeted proprioceptive protocol against standard care.

Conditions

  • Proprioceptive Disorders
  • Balance; Distorted
  • Stroke Sequelae

Interventions

OTHER

Gait training

Both groups: 12 weeks, 3 sessions/week × 60 min, supervised. Intervention Group (n=70): Progressive targeted ankle proprioceptive training

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Iqra National University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ayman Abdullah Alhammad · Taibah University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-01-01
Primary Completion
2024-12-31
Completion
2025-12-31

Countries

  • Pakistan

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