Feasibility of inertial sensor-based real-time gait feedback therapy in individuals after stroke, with spinal cord injury and age-related gait disorders
- Conditions
- sensorimotor incomplete spinal cord injurystrokeunphysiological gait pattern due to old age (geriatric patients)I69.4Sequelae of stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction
- Registration Number
- DRKS00011853
- Lead Sponsor
- Klinik für Paraplegiologie - Experimentelle Neurorehabilitation
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 41
Patients with spinal cord injury:
age = 18 years;
motor incomplete (ASIA Impairment Scale (AIS) C, D);
time after injury > 6 weeks;
minimum walking ability: 20 min, WISCI II = 10;
leg braces: maximal ankle support;
6 Min-Test = 100 m.
Patients after stroke:
age = 18 years;
Mini-Mental-Status-Test (MMST) score = 18 ;
time after paralysis > 3 months;
minimum walking ability: 20 min;
leg braces: maximal ankle support;
6 Min-Test = 100 m.
Geriatric patients:
age = 65 years;
minimum walking ability: 20 min.
Patients with spinal cord injury and patients with stroke:
difference in leg length > 3 cm;
extreme spasticity, MAS (unilaterally) = 10;
epileptic seizures;
severe cognitive impairment.
Geriatric patients:
severe dementia;
persisting stroke symptoms;
insecure usage of walking aids (walker, walking stick).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in mean training level (1 level = 1 SD of the physiological norm of the chosen training parameter) at initial gait analysis of visits 1 through 3.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improvement in gait speed in the 10-Meter-Walk-Test on even ground without FB before and after the training phase of the study.