Effects of a intensive therapy for the legs on the way of walking and balance for people who suffered stroke.
- Conditions
- StrokeE02.760.169.063.500.477.500
- Registration Number
- RBR-43x6kh
- Lead Sponsor
- Associação de Assistência a Criança Deficiente
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Medical diagnosis of stroke (ischemic or hemorrhagic), with only one event, and have suffered stroke for 6 months or more at the beginning of the protocol; Clinically stable;
- Hemiparesis caused by stroke; Defict of gait caused by stroke; Hip and knee flexion intiation on the affected side; Move from sit to stand independently even with the aid of upper limbs and/or auxiliary device and/or furniture; Be able to transfer in an independent way when seated; Be able to sustain the body weight on the affected side even requiring aid from a third person, auxiliary device or furniture; Be able to walk 10 meters with or without requiring aid from a third person, auxiliary device or furniture; Have always the same caregiver (we will accept at most 2); Be available for going to the rehabilitation center during 17 followed days (15 days for treatment, and 2 days for evaluation); Not have undergone orthopedic surgery in the last 6 months, or neuromuscular blockade in the last 3 months; Not be able to walk outside of home in an independent way.
Not accept the protocol to which was allocated by randomization; Language change that will not allow the participant to understand, as well as respond appropriately to the proposed assessment scales and exercises selected for the protocol; Clinical intercurrence between the screening and the beginning of the protocol.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Our hypotesis consists on:<br>1) The patients submitted to the CIT will achieve better results on gait performance when compared to the group that received only conventional therapy. The linear parameters are: speed, cadence, single support time on the affected side, step length, measured by tridimensional gait analysis.<br>2) The patients submitted to the CIT will achieve better results on balance scores (at least 3 points), measured through Mini-BESTest when compared to the group that received only conventional therapy.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method We do not expect any secondary outcomes.