Can overground walking training with a robotic servo-assistive walker versus conventional overground walking training improve walking performance in patients affected by subacute stroke.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Subacute stroke; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy; Stroke - Ischaemic; Stroke - Haemorrhagic

• Registration Number: ACTRN12615000681550
• Lead Sponsor: Santa Lucia foundation IRCCS

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-07-01
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 44

Inclusion Criteria

Subjects affected by ischemic or haemorrhagic stroke in subacute phase (less then 90 days from stroke, age between 18 and 80 years, ability to perform assisted walking training at the parallel bar (Functional Ambulation Classification equal to or more than 2), presence of some degree of muscular activity to each shoulder/elbow/hand (Medical Research Council scale MRC equal to or more than 3).

Exclusion Criteria

Concomitant chronic disabling pathologies, severe spasticity (score value below 4 at arm or leg on the modified Ashworth Scale); moderate/severe cognitive decline (Mini-Mental State Examination score < 24); presence of severe hemispatial neglect.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Walking perfomance as measured by 10 Meter and 6 minut walking test[End of treatment]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
balance perfomance measured by tinetti scale[End of treatment];Trunk stability measured by accelerometer placed on L2[End of treatment];Falls Rate[Telephonic follow up at 6 month]