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Measurement Properties of Mechanical Cost of Walking for Individuals With Walking Impairment

NCT07494890 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 18

Last updated 2026-03-27

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Summary

Walking impairment following neurologic injury can increase the energy cost of walking threefold, acting as a functional barrier to independence. The goal of this cross-sectional study is to determine the measurement properties of a novel biomechanical cost of walking measure in chronic stroke capable of pinpointing the origins of movement inefficiencies. This research aims to:

1. determine the convergent validity of biomechanical cost of walking with functional measures in relation to metabolic cost of walking,
2. determine the reliability of biomechanical cost of walking in relation to metabolic cost of walking,
3. determine the responsiveness of biomechanical cost of walking in relation to metabolic cost of walking.

Individuals with walking impairment from stroke will complete three 5-minute comfortable speed treadmill walking trials. The 3rd walking trial will be against resistance to increase cost of walking. This single session study will compare the metric properties of biomechanical cost of walking in relation to metabolic cost of walking.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Resisted walking

Comfortable speed treadmill walking with resisted forward progression.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Cincinnati

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christina Garrity, DPT · University of Cincinnati

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-04-15
Primary Completion
2027-03-01
Completion
2027-03-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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