Effects of ambulation training with overground body weight support robotic device in subacute stroke patients : A randomized controlled trial
- Conditions
- First onset, subacute supratentorial stroke pateints that have unilateral hemiparesis.stroke, rehabilitation, gait training, robot, body weight support
- Registration Number
- TCTR20201029001
- Lead Sponsor
- Siriraj research and developmet fund, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
1. First onset, supratentorial stroke
2. Physical and rehabilitation medicine inpatients in Siriraj hospital
3. Unilateral hemiparesis
5. Can follow at least 2 - step verbal command
6. Body weight less than 100 kg, Height less than 200 cm.
7. FAC level between 2-4
8. Able to stand without knee buckling ( either with or without assistance)
1. global aphasia
2. Hemineglect syndrome
3. Unstable cardiopulmonary conditions such as MI, heart failure, pulmonary embolism etc.
4. Other conditions that affect ambulation such as
- Orthopedic condition: contracture of lower extremities, severe OA knee,
post THA or TKA within 2 months
- Neurological condition: for example, uncontrolled epilepsy
5. Severe spasticity of knee flexors and ankle plantar flexors with Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) 2 or more
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Balance immediately and 1 month after end of intervention Berg balance scale
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method spatiotemporal parameter of gait immediately after end of intervention gait speed, cadence, step length, stride length, symmetry index,ambulation ability immediately and 1 month after end of intervention Functional ambulatory category (FAC)