Is the 6-Minute Walking Test Combined With an IMU Useful in Stroke Rehabilitation Assessment? A Pilot Observational Study
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Stroke
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus
- Enrollment
- 46
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Motricity Index
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 5 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This Observational study aims at the evaluation of stroke subjects with an inertial measurement unit (IMU) during the execution of a 6-Minute Walking test, to evaluate the associations between the kinematic parameters retrieved trough an IMU and the classical outcome scales. Moreover compare the stroke subjects with age-matched healthy subjects, and detect the differences of gait kinematic.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Age \>= 18;
- •Mini-Mental State Examination ≥ 24;
- •Ability to provide written informed consent and to understand the test instructions;
- •Presence of a single stroke.
Exclusion Criteria
- •More than one stroke;
- •. Stroke area other than the cerebral cortex;
- •Concomitant neurological disease and pathology of the locomotor system.
- •Healthy Group
- •Inclusion Criteria:
- •Volunteers with age similar to the Stroke group subjects
- •Exclusion Criteria:
- •Any disease that could affect the performance in terms of metres walked and quality of gait.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Motricity Index
Time Frame: Baseline
To assess the strength of stroke subjects
Gait speed
Time Frame: 1 day
Assessed through an Inertial Measurement Unit, in different moments of the 6-Minute walking test.
Step Cadence
Time Frame: 1 day
Amount of steps for each minute
Meters walked
Time Frame: 1 day
The amount of meters walked in 6 minutes
Symmetry
Time Frame: 1 day
AN index of the symmetry between the two sides of the subjects during gait
Temporal parameters of gait
Time Frame: 1 day
Assessed through an Inertial Measurement Unit, it include the time length of steps, of the stance phase, of double and single limb support phase.
Canadian Neurological Stroke Scale
Time Frame: Baseline
To state the stroke condition
Berg Balance Scale
Time Frame: Baseline
To assess the balance of stroke subjects