Status:
UNKNOWN
Balance Recovery and Training on Fall Prevention in Stroke
Lead Sponsor:
National Taiwan University Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan
Conditions:
Stroke
Eligibility:
All Genders
45-70 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The specific aims of this research are delineated as the following: Aim 1: To investigate the neuromuscular and biomechanical mechanisms of the emerging processes of proactive and reactive balance con...
Detailed Description
Stroke is one of the leading causes of chronic disability in the world. Falls are one of the primary complications after stroke. The incidence of falls ranges from 25% to 75% among stroke patients res...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Healthy adults
- between 45 and 75 years old
- having no neuromuscular or musculoskeletal disorders that would jeopardize their balance control abilities
- being willing to sign an informed consent approved by the Human Subjects Committee of the National Taiwan University Hospital
- Stroke patients
- between 45 and 75 years old
- hemiplegic or hemiparetic as a result of a single cerebral vascular accident with brain lesions primarily involving one of the following areas: the primary motor cortex, supplementary motor/premotor areas, parietal cortex, or basal ganglia
- medically stable with no ongoing complications
- within 30 days post stroke able to independently sit without using any assistive device for at least 3 minutes if being tested on the 14th and 30th days post-stroke and able to stand and take a fast step independently in standing without using any assistive device for at least 3 minutes when tested on the 60th, 90th, 180th, 360th, 540th, and 720th days post stroke onset
- able to communicate with the experimenters
- having no hemianopsia or any obvious cognitive problems as evaluated with the Mini-Mental State examination
- being willing to sign an informed consent approved by the Human Subjects Committee of the National Taiwan University Hospital
Exclusion
- having other neurological diseases, or moderate to severe neuromuscular or musculoskeletal disorders, or disorders from systematic diseases other than stroke
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2002
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
December 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00166907
Start Date
January 1 2002
End Date
December 1 2007
Last Update
September 14 2005
Active Locations (1)
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School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy College of Medicine, National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan, 100