Status:
UNKNOWN
Falls in Stroke Patients After Hospital Discharge: Prevalence and Risk Factors
Lead Sponsor:
National Taiwan University Hospital
Conditions:
Stroke
Eligibility:
All Genders
40-75 years
Brief Summary
The purposes of this study are: (1) to investigate the incidence and causes of falls of stroke patients residing in Taipei City and Taipei county after their discharge from the National Taiwan Univers...
Detailed Description
Falls are one of the most common accidents among stroke patients. Stroke patients are more prone to falls than community-dwelling older adults because of their cumulative risk factors of falls such as...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- between 40 and 75 years old
- first onset or recurrent stroke as a result of a single cerebral vascular accident (ischemic or hemorrhage stroke)
- ever received rehabilitation therapies at National Taiwan University Hospital
- being willing to take the clinical assessments
- residents of Taipei City or Taipei County
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 :
August 1 1999
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
End Date :
December 1 2000
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00167063
Start Date
August 1 1999
End Date
December 1 2000
Last Update
September 14 2005
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National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan, 100