Validation of an Obstacle Course Used in Patients With Muscle Tightness
- Conditions
- StrokeTraumatic Brain InjuryMultiple SclerosisSpasticityHealthy Controls
- Registration Number
- NCT00776048
- Lead Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
- Brief Summary
This study is being conducted to compare healthy patients versus patients with muscle tightness in their leg(s) after an acquired brain injury using walking trials time, a balance test, and foot pressure data. This data is obtained using foot pressure sensors, timers, and distance walked.
- Detailed Description
This study is being conducted to demonstrate the objective utility of the use of pedobarography as a tool to differentiate normal controls from people with spastic gait as well as having utility in objectification of treatment effect on level surfaces and on a ADA based obstacle course.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
- Patients > 18 years of age
- Must wear shoe size 5½ - 11 US womens or size 6 - 13 US mens
- For treatment group be a clinical patient being treated for lower extremity spasticity
Exclusion Criteria
- Age matched controls must have no significant neurological or orthopedic disease that would effect their gait
- Clinical patients who are unable to walk for 1 minute
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To demonstrate the objective utility of the use of pedobarography to differentiate normal controls from people with spastic gait as well as having utility in objectification of treatment effect on level surfaces and on a ADA based obstacle course. 4 months post acquired brain injury
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
KesslerMRREC
🇺🇸West Orange, New Jersey, United States