Body Awareness Therapy for People With Stroke
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 46
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Bergs Balance Scale
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Affected balance capacity is common after a stroke due to paresis and sensory disturbances. The affected balance capacity may cause walking disturbances, falls and decreased mobility. Balance may be improved by physical therapy. A possible method for balance training is body awareness therapy, that was introduced in Sweden by Jacques Dropsy and Gertrud Roxendal. Earlier body awareness therapy was mostly used in psychiatric care but in the recent years the method has been used for people with long-tern pain, amputations and multiple sclerosis. Body awareness therapy includes exercises in lying, sitting and standing. Focus of the exercises are awareness of one´s movement behaviour, breathing patterns, resources and limitations. Postural control is an essential part in the exercises. Body awareness therapy could be used for people with stroke as a way to improve postural control. The aim of this study is to investigate if balance training using body awareness therapy can improve balance and walking in people after stroke. The interventions consists of body awareness therapy once a week for 8 weeks.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Diagnosed stroke more than 6 months ago. Walking capacity of 100 meter with or without assistive device.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Medical or cognitive impairment that prohibits participating in the intervention.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Bergs Balance Scale
Time Frame: Change from baseline in Bergs balance scale at 9 weeks
Test of functional balance. Includes 14 items all graded 0-4 where 0 indicate larger impairment. Total score is used here, maximum 56 and minimum 0. The Berg balance scale was developed for older patients but is a much used meausure of dynamic and static functional balance.
Secondary Outcomes
- Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale(Change from baseline in Activities-specific Balance confidence scale at 9 weeks)
- Timed Up and Go Test(Change from baseline in Timed Up and Go test at 9 weeks)
Investigators
Anette Forsberg, PhD
Researcher, RPT
Örebro County Council