The Effects of Dual Task Balance Training In Individuals With Above Knee Amputation

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Amputation
• Interventions: Other: traditional balance training; Other: dual task balance training

• Registration Number: NCT03094208
• Lead Sponsor: Hacettepe University

Brief Summary

The people with transfemoral amputation who use mechanical prosthesis will be include to this study. All participants will be assessed and then they will be randomly assigned to two groups. both groups will receive traditional balance trainnig. Study group will also receive dual task balance training. Training will take 4 weeks, 3 days a week. After the training program, both groups will be assessed again and the results will compare.

Detailed Description

The people who have transfemoral amputation may have poor balance and gait. Many people with lower limb loss report the need to concentration on gait. People with lower limb loss may need to use cognitive resources to monitor and control movements of the prosthetic limb. The need to concentrate on walking may be greater for those with transfemoral amputation. For examine the use of cognitive resources, dual task paradigm may use. Dual task rehabilitative training used in many patients like stroke, Multipl sclerosis osteoporosis. But there is no study about dual task training on amputation. The purpose of this randomized controlled study is to investigate the effects of dual-task balance training on balance and gait of patients with transfemoral amputation as compared with single-task balance training. We hypothesized that dual-task balance training would improve the balance and gait, it would be more effective than single-task balance training.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2017-03
• Study First Submitted: 2017-03-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-03-22
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-03-22
• Study First Posted: 2017-03-29
• Last Update Posted: 2017-03-29
• Study Start: 2017-06-16
• Primary Completion: 2018-06-15
• Study Completion: 2018-08-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• Peoples with transfemoral amputations
• people who use their mechanical prosthetics at least 1 year
• People who can walk withoud aids

Exclusion Criteria

• People who have the other health conditions

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
control group	traditional balance training	muscle strengthening, weight transfer, balance exercises, gait exercises.
study group	dual task balance training	muscle strengthening, weight transfer, dual task balance exercises, dual task gait exercises.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
gait speed	1 minute	10 meter walk test

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
balance	1 minute	four square step test
gait analysis	1 minute	gait analysis with footprint method
cognition	5 minutes	Montreal Cognitive Assessment
depression	3 minutes	Beck Depression invertory
functional mobility	1 minute	timed up and go test