Stepping Training Using Feedback in Stroke

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cerebrovascular Accident
• Interventions: Other: Stepping training with feedback

• Registration Number: NCT02916797
• Lead Sponsor: Khon Kaen University

Brief Summary

* Are there differences in immediate effects of stepping training with and without the use of visually weight-taking machine (VWTM) on variables relating to well-controlled walking and walking symmetry in ambulatory patients with stroke?

* Are there differences of 4-week stepping training with and without the use of VWTM on variables relating to well-controlled walking and walking symmetry in ambulatory patients with stroke?

Detailed Description

* To compare immediate effects of stepping training with or without the use of VWTM on variables relating to well-controlled walking and walking symmetry in ambulatory patients with stroke.

* To compare effects of 4-week stepping training with or without the use of VWTM on variables relating to well-controlled walking and walking symmetry in patients with stroke.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-04-10
• Study First Submitted: 2016-09-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-09-23
• Study First Posted: 2016-09-27
• Status Verified: 2017-08
• Primary Completion: 2018-02-28
• Study Completion: 2018-02-28
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-03-08
• Last Update Posted: 2019-03-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 36

Inclusion Criteria

• Subjects are independent ambulatory patients with first stroke episode with the age at least 45-74 years old,
• subacute (post-stroke time < 6 months) or chronic (post-stroke time ≥ 6 months) stroke
• Independent walking at least 10 meters with or without a walking device
• Able to follow verbal command used in this study

Exclusion Criteria

• The subjects who have other medical conditions that might affect participation in the study such as uncontrolled underlying diseases (i.e. hypertension, heart disease, thyroid, etc.), deformity in the lower extremities, pain more than 5 out of 10 on a visual analog scale, legally blind or had a history of visual deficits that were unable to be corrected by glasses or contact lens, have a color blindness and inability to communicate or follow the commands used in this study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Stepping training with feedback	Stepping training with feedback	Subjects stand in a step standing position with placing the affected leg on the load cells of the VWTM and the non-affected leg slightly backward outside the load cells, look forward to light bars of the displayed section which will be set at their eye level. Then subjects will be instructed to shift/take their body-weight onto the affected leg until the green zone of the displayed section is lighting and a beep sound to alarm the subjects to step the non-affected leg forward and backward as much as they can. Subjects repetitively practice the task for 30 minutes with a period of sufficient rest as required.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
10MWT	4 weeks	Walking speed

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
6MWT	4 weeks	Walking endurance
TUGT	4 weeks	Balance and walking ability
Lower limb support ability	4 weeks	% of bosy-weight on single leg during stepping