Status:

UNKNOWN

Clinical Applications and Evaluations of A Portable In-Shoe Plantar Pressure Monitoring and Biofeedback Gait System for Ambulation Training in Stroke Rehabilitation

Lead Sponsor:

National Taiwan University Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan

Conditions:

Stroke

Eligibility:

All Genders

40-75 years

Brief Summary

The purposes of this paper were to determine whether walking speed affected gait parameters and force impulse in patients with stroke or not, and if the changes varied in various foot regions.

Detailed Description

Stroke patients often suffer from persistent physical, psychological, and motor dysfunction, which severely affect their independence in daily life. Therefore, restoration of independent ambulatory ab...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • between 40 and 75 years old
  • stroke confirmed by ICD-10-CM (including I60, I61, I62, I63, I67, and I63.9)
  • first stroke with single side hemiplegia and received acute treatment at NTUH
  • being willing to sign an informed consent approved by the Human Subjects Committee of the National Taiwan University Hospital
  • able to ambulate independently and continuously for 10 meters with regular cane
  • Excursion criteria:
  • having unstable vital sign, unconsciousness, or obvious cognitive, perception, and language impairment, and couldn't communicate with the experimenters
  • having other neurological diseases, or moderate to severe neuromuscular or musculoskeletal or cardiovascular disorders, or disorders from systematic diseases other than stroke

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    August 1 1999

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    End Date :

    July 1 2002

    Estimated Enrollment :

    30 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00167076

    Start Date

    August 1 1999

    End Date

    July 1 2002

    Last Update

    September 14 2005

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    School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy College of Medicine, National Taiwan University

    Taipei, Taiwan, 100