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