Status:
UNKNOWN
Reliability and Validity of Modified Postural Assessment Scale for Stroke Patients and the Application of This Scale on Early Detection of Patients With Stroke at High Risk of Falls
Lead Sponsor:
National Taiwan University Hospital
Conditions:
Stroke
Eligibility:
All Genders
30-80 years
Brief Summary
The purposes of this study are to investigate the reliability and validity of the modified Postural Assessment Scale for Stroke Patients (mPASS) and its applications in early detection of fall-prone p...
Detailed Description
Due to the impaired balance function, patients with stroke show high incidence of falls. Impaired postural stability has been shown as one of the primary risk factors of falls in these patients. Resea...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- between 30 and 80 years old
- first onset or recurrent stroke as a result of a single cerebral vascular accident (ischemic or hemorrhage stroke)
- ever received medical or rehabilitation therapies at National Taiwan University Hospital
- being willing to take the clinical assessments and accept the vedio record
Exclusion
- having unstable vital sign, unconsciousness, or having serious cognitive, perception, and language impairment, and being unable to follow the order of the experimenter
- having other neurological diseases(ex. Parkinson's disease or cerebellar disease etc.), or moderate to severe neuromuscular or musculoskeletal disorders, or disorders from systematic diseases those will influence the balance performance other than stroke
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2005
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
End Date :
December 1 2005
Estimated Enrollment :
90 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00166959
Start Date
January 1 2005
End Date
December 1 2005
Last Update
September 14 2005
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National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan, 100