Step Test and Six Minute Walk Test in Stroke

Completed

• Conditions: Stroke
• Interventions: Other: Step Test and Six Minute Walk.

• Registration Number: NCT01436630
• Lead Sponsor: Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the viability of using the Step Test (ST) in stroke patients, and to compare the functional performance of the physiologic variables in stroke patients during ST and Six Minute Walk Test (6MWT).

Detailed Description

To accomplish the study it was assessed a group of 12 post-stroke patients who were admitted in the Rehabilitation Clinic inside the University. As inclusion criteria it was established to be able to walk alone without supervision and with no aids.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-02
• Primary Completion: 2010-11
• Study Completion: 2010-12
• Status Verified: 2011-09
• Study First Submitted: 2011-09-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-09-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-09-19
• Study First Posted: 2011-09-20
• Last Update Posted: 2011-09-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria

• To be able to walk alone without supervision and with no aids.

Exclusion Criteria

• There were no.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Stroke	Step Test and Six Minute Walk.	To accomplish the study it was assessed a group of 12 post-stroke patients who were admitted in the Rehabilitation Clinic inside the University. As inclusion criteria it was established to be able to walk alone without supervision and with no aids. All the patients signed an informed consent before performing the tests. To characterize the sample it were used the Fugl-Meyer scale, Orpington test, Mini Exam of the Mental State and some other data regarding the age, gender, type of the lesion and side of the lesion.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Physiological Variables	6 months	Will be assessed Blood Pressure (BP), Heart Rate (HR), Breathing, Feeling of fatigue and dyspnea with the Borg scale, and the Double Product.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Performance	6 months	Will be evaluated through the correlation between the number of ascents on the step and the distance covered in walking test.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas; 🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil