Effects of whole body vibration in stroke patients

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Stroke; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy; Stroke - Haemorrhagic; Stroke - Ischaemic

• Registration Number: ACTRN12612000752864
• Lead Sponsor: a ASociacion de PAraplejicos Y grandes Minusvalidos (ASPAYM) de Castilla y Leon

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2012-07-16
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria were to have suffered an ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke 6 or more months prior to the study, and a National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score greater than 1 and less than 20.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients with dementia or severe cognitive impairment, patients with knee joint pain (not neurological pain), and patients who were not able to remain standing without external support for at least 30 s were excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Muscle architecture (rectus femoris, vastus lateralis and medial gastrocnemious) assessed by an ultrasound system (MyLab25, Esaote, Genua, Italy) with a linear array probe (LA 523, 7.5-12 MHz; probe length, 50 mm; Esaote, Genua[Timepoint: Baseline and 3 months.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Outcome variables included the maximal isometric voluntary contraction of knee extensors by isokinetic dynamometry (Biodex 4, Shirley, NY).[Timepoint: Baseline and 3 months.];Berg balance scale.[Timepoint: Baseline and 3 months.]