Effects of Stepping Training With and Without the Use of Visually Weight-taking Machine (VWTM) on Walking and Balance Ability in Patients With Stroke
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 36
- 主要终点
- 10MWT
研究概览
简要总结
- Are there differences in immediate effects of stepping training with and without the use of visually weight-taking machine (VWTM) on variables relating to well-controlled walking and walking symmetry in ambulatory patients with stroke?
- Are there differences of 4-week stepping training with and without the use of VWTM on variables relating to well-controlled walking and walking symmetry in ambulatory patients with stroke?
详细描述
- To compare immediate effects of stepping training with or without the use of VWTM on variables relating to well-controlled walking and walking symmetry in ambulatory patients with stroke.
- To compare effects of 4-week stepping training with or without the use of VWTM on variables relating to well-controlled walking and walking symmetry in patients with stroke.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 45 Years 至 74 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Subjects are independent ambulatory patients with first stroke episode with the age at least 45-74 years old,
- •subacute (post-stroke time < 6 months) or chronic (post-stroke time ≥ 6 months) stroke
- •Independent walking at least 10 meters with or without a walking device
- •Able to follow verbal command used in this study
排除标准
- •The subjects who have other medical conditions that might affect participation in the study such as uncontrolled underlying diseases (i.e. hypertension, heart disease, thyroid, etc.), deformity in the lower extremities, pain more than 5 out of 10 on a visual analog scale, legally blind or had a history of visual deficits that were unable to be corrected by glasses or contact lens, have a color blindness and inability to communicate or follow the commands used in this study
研究组 & 干预措施
Stepping training with feedback
Subjects stand in a step standing position with placing the affected leg on the load cells of the VWTM and the non-affected leg slightly backward outside the load cells, look forward to light bars of the displayed section which will be set at their eye level. Then subjects will be instructed to shift/take their body-weight onto the affected leg until the green zone of the displayed section is lighting and a beep sound to alarm the subjects to step the non-affected leg forward and backward as much as they can. Subjects repetitively practice the task for 30 minutes with a period of sufficient rest as required.
干预措施: Stepping training with feedback (Other)
Stepping training without feedback
Subjects will be trained and instructed the same as the experimental group but without using the displayed section, for approximately 30 minutes/day (excluding rest periods), 5 days/week, for 4 week. Then, every subject will be trained to walk overground with or without a walking device for 10 minutes in order to promote transferability of the part-task practice to the whole/target task. Subjects still receive routine treatments from other rehabilitation professionals as needed during participation in the study.
结局指标
主要结局
10MWT
时间窗: 4 weeks
Walking speed
次要结局
- TUGT(4 weeks)
- Lower limb support ability(4 weeks)
- 6MWT(4 weeks)
研究者
Sugalya Amatachaya
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Khon Kaen University