Effectiveness of Oculomotor and Gaze Stability Exercises on the Improvement of Balance After Brain Stroke in Patients Older Than 60 Years Old
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 66
- 主要终点
- Berg Balance Scale (BBS)
研究概览
简要总结
Individuals older than 60 years old, discharged after suffering brain stroke with referral to the rehabilitation outpatient clinic, will be assessed for orthostatic balance. Patients with positive Romberg test are invited to participate in the trial. Participants will be randomized to either the current rehabilitation protocol or to an supplemental intervention focused on oculomotor and gaze stability exercises to be applied at home for three weeks. Participants will be assessed with standardized, validated tools.
详细描述
The study aims to evaluated the effect of a home program of oculomotor and gaze stability exercises on improvement the balance in stroke patients.
Individuals older than 60 years old, discharged after suffering brain stroke and referred to the neurologic rehabilitation outpatient clinic, will be assessed for a neuro-motor deficits. Patients will be consider eligible if they had positive Romberg test (disorder of orthostatic balance) and they will be invited to participate in the trial. Patients with previous balance problems will be excluded.
Participants will be allocated in two intervention groups through block randomization, either the current rehabilitation protocol or to an supplemental intervention focused on oculomotor and gaze stability exercises to be applied at home for three weeks. Participants will be assessed with Motor Assessment Scale, Berg Balance Scale and Timed Up and Go Test.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 60 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Stroke diagnosis 3 to 15 months before recruitment
- •Balance deficits (positive Romberg)
- •Patients able to walk 3 meters without assistance with or without an assistive device
排除标准
- •Balance problems previous to the index stroke
- •Severe osteo-articular lesions that compromise the ability to perform the proposed exercises
- •Previous exposure to oculomotor or gaze stability exercises
研究组 & 干预措施
Combined rehabilitation protocol
The usual rehabilitation protocol in the physiotherapy department is supplemented with a three weeks home protocol of oculomotor and gaze stability exercises.
干预措施: Oculomotor and Gaze Stability Exercises (Other)
Usual rehabilitation protocol
The usual rehabilitation protocol in the physiotherapy department for patients after stroke.
结局指标
主要结局
Berg Balance Scale (BBS)
时间窗: Change on BBS from baseline up to three weeks of intervention
Balance measure used in older people with impairment in balance function by assessing the performance of functional tasks
Timed Up and Go Test (TUG)
时间窗: Change on TUG from baseline up to three weeks of intervention
simple test used to assess mobility and requires both static and dynamic balance
次要结局
未报告次要终点