Effects of Ground Level Gait Training With Body Weight Support (BWS) and Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hemiparesis; Stroke
• Interventions: Device: gait training on ground level using BWS; Device: gait training on ground level using BWS associated to FES

• Registration Number: NCT01106755
• Lead Sponsor: Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos

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.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2008-08
• Study Start: 2008-09
• Primary Completion: 2009-05
• Study Completion: 2009-12
• Study First Submitted: 2010-04-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-04-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-04-19
• Study First Posted: 2010-04-20
• Last Update Posted: 2010-04-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 12

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
hemiparetic gait	gait training on ground level using BWS	gait training on ground level
hemiparetic gait	gait training on ground level using BWS associated to FES	gait training on ground level

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
kinematic evaluation	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.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos; 🇧🇷 Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil