Auditory-paced walking following stroke: Effects on hemiplegic gait

Conditions: Stroke
Brain attack
10007963
10047075

Registration Number: NL-OMON30123

Lead Sponsor: Vrije Universiteit

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

- Age 18+
- Ischemic or hemorage stroke (established by means of CT or MRI);
- Hemiplegic gait pattern
- Able to walk independently without aids; Functional Ambulation Score * 3. (FAC 3 <= supervision: patients requires for safety reasons verbal assitance of one person but can walk without physical assistance
- Able to walk for 3 minutes without walking aid such as a cane. However, ankle-foot ortheses are allowed.

Exclusion Criteria

- Orthodpedic impairments of the lower extremity or other neurological impairments (not related to the Stroke) that may influence walking.
- Cognitive or mental impairments that undermine the understanding of the task instructions. Note that (light) neglect and afasia are not perse exclusion criteria as long as the patient is able to fully understand the instructions.
- Hearing deficit

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>- Mean and variability of the discrete relative phase between instants of heel<br /><br>strike and auditory stimuli;<br /><br>- Adjustment time to the sudden change in auditory pacing stimuli as an index<br /><br>of flexibility (i.e., an inverse measure of gait flexibility);<br /><br>- largest Lyapunov exponent of the continuous relative Hilbert phase between<br /><br>the feet (a measure of gait stability);<br /><br>- gait parameters (e.g., steplength, steptime, temporal and spatial asymmetry)<br /><br>based on kinematics of the feet;</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures