Effects of ankle taping on the sole of foot loading in stroke patients
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Stroke.Cerebrovascular disease, unspecified
- Registration Number
- IRCT20160424027562N6
- Lead Sponsor
- Semnan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Inclusion Criteria
All patients should stand up and sit down independently from a standard chair without using their hands
All the patients should be more than 6 months poststroke
The spasticity score of plantarflexor muscles should be smaller than 3 in the modified Ashworth scale
Stroke patients should be in the chronic stage
Exclusion Criteria
Aphasia
Medical condition (apart from stroke) that impair patients balance
Skin sensitivity to taping
Cognitive deficiency
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Vertical ground reaction force. Timepoint: Before and during intervention. Method of measurement: Force plate.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Anterior - posterior ground reaction force. Timepoint: Before and during intervention. Method of measurement: Force plate.;Medial - lateral ground reaction force. Timepoint: Before and during intervention. Method of measurement: Force plate.