The Effect of Backward Walking Treadmill Training on Balance in Patient With Chronic Stroke

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Stroke
• Interventions: Other: conventional physical therapy; Other: backward walking treadmill training

• Registration Number: NCT02619110
• Lead Sponsor: Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

Brief Summary

The purpose of this research was to discuss the effect of backward walking treadmill training on balance ability, speed of walking and cardiopulmonary fitness in patients with chronic stroke.

Detailed Description

Walking training is a good method and strategy to improve postural stability, balance, gait symmetry, and increase walking ability. Generally, there are many walking training theories and methods for patients with chronic stroke and treadmill walking training is applied in recent years. Previous studies showed that patients with stroke improve the walking abilities and speed after the walking treadmill training. However, most studies have demonstrated that forward walking treadmill training improved balance and walking ability in patients with stroke, but fewer studies have investigated the effects on backward walking treadmill training. However, no studies to date have investigated the effects of backward walking treadmill training for patients with chronic stroke.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-02
• Primary Completion: 2014-12
• Study Completion: 2014-12
• Status Verified: 2015-02
• Study First Submitted: 2015-11-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-11-29
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-11-29
• Study First Posted: 2015-12-02
• Last Update Posted: 2015-12-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• This experiment recruited subjects with chronic stroke more than six months, whose level of Brunnstrom stage was beyond IV and who were able to walk more than eleven meters with or without assistive devices

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
conventional physical therapy	conventional physical therapy	The conventional physical therapy training focused on strengthening, postural control, functional mobility and forward gait training program but excluded backward walking training
backward walking treadmill training	backward walking treadmill training	The intervention group not only received four weeks of conventional physical therapy but also accepted additional four weeks of backward walking treadmill training at the same time
backward walking treadmill training	conventional physical therapy	The intervention group not only received four weeks of conventional physical therapy but also accepted additional four weeks of backward walking treadmill training at the same time

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The change of Berg Balance Scale (BBS)	Baseline, week 4.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The change of pulmonary function test (PFT): forced vital capacity (FVC) and Forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1)	Baseline, week 4.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kaohsiung Medical University; 🇨🇳 Kaohsiung, Taiwan