Treadmill Training With Functional Electric Stimulation After Stroke

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Stroke
• Interventions: Other: Treadmill training with functional electrical stimulation; Other: Treadmill training without functional electrical stimulation

• Registration Number: NCT02812472
• Lead Sponsor: National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the treadmill training with functional electric stimulation on sensorimotor cortical reorganization and functional improvement in subjects with chronic stroke.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-08
• Primary Completion: 2008-12
• Study Completion: 2008-12
• Status Verified: 2016-06
• Study First Submitted: 2016-06-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-06-21
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-06-21
• Study First Posted: 2016-06-24
• Last Update Posted: 2016-06-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 18

Inclusion Criteria

• diagnosis of unilateral hemiparesis secondary to cerebrovascular accident with post-onset duration of more than 6 months
• ability to walk independently for at least 6 meters with or without use of walking aids
• ability to follow simple verbal commands or instructions

Exclusion Criteria

• unstable medical conditions
• history of other diseases known to interfere with participation in the study
• past history of a seizure
• history of skin allergy to electrode
• use of a cardiac pacemaker

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
treadmill training with functional electrical stimulation	Treadmill training with functional electrical stimulation	Subjects in the experimental group received additional treadmill training with functional electric stimulation for 25 minutes per session, followed by 5 minutes cool down for 12 sessions.
treadmill training without functional electrical stimulation	Treadmill training without functional electrical stimulation	Subjects in the control group received additional treadmill training without functional electric stimulation for 25 minutes per session, followed by 5 minutes cool down for 12 sessions.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
N1 latency of somatosensory evoked potential	Change from baseline at 4 weeks
N1P1 amplitude of somatosensory evoked potential	Change from baseline at 4 weeks
motor threshold of motor evoked potential	Change from baseline at 4 weeks
map size of motor evoked potential	Change from baseline at 4 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Fugl-Meyer Assessment	Change from baseline at 4 weeks
Motricity Index	Change from baseline at 4 weeks
Berg Balance Scale	Change from baseline at 4 weeks
walking speed	Change from baseline at 4 weeks
Modified-Emory Functional Ambulation Profile	Change from baseline at 4 weeks	Measures a patient's ability to walk through 5 commonly experienced types of terrain.