Ground-level Gait Training Combining Body Weight Support and Functional Electrical Stimulation in People Following Chronic Stroke
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Hemiparesis
- Sponsor
- Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos
- Enrollment
- 12
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- kinematic evaluation
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 16 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of gait training on ground level, combining BWS and FES in people following chronic stroke.
Detailed Description
The body weight support system (BWS) associated to a treadmill as well as to a functional electrical stimulation (FES) of the common peroneal nerve, has been proposed as a strategy for gait training in people following stroke. Moreover, it has also considered that the ground level is the most common locomotion surface, and that there is little information about the effects of gait training, on this kind of surface, in people with hemiparesis.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Elapsed time since stroke longer than 6 months
- •Spasticity classified under level 3 according to the Modified Ashworth Scale
- •The ability to walk classified at levels 2, 3 or 4 according to the Functional Ambulation Category
Exclusion Criteria
- •Heart failure, angina pectoris, arrhythmias and other cardiovascular diseases
- •Severe lung disease
- •Orthopedic disorders
- •Cognitive deficits
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
kinematic evaluation
Time Frame: 4 months
Participants were assessed walking freely at a comfortable self-selected speed before and after each training phase. The analyzed variables were: mean walking speed of locomotion; step length; stride length, speed and duration; initial and final double support duration; single-limb support duration; swing period; range of motion (ROM), maximum and minimum angles of foot, leg, thigh, and trunk segments of both paretic and nonparetic limbs.