Status:
COMPLETED
Effects of Early Treadmill Training on Ambulatory Ability in Stroke Patients: Electromyographic and Kinematic Analyses
Lead Sponsor:
National Taiwan University Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan
Conditions:
Stroke
Eligibility:
All Genders
40-75 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to explore an alternative approach that emphasizes task specificity and treadmill training for ambulation training of these patients.
Detailed Description
Restoration of independent ambulatory ability is one of the most common functional goals of patients with hemiplegia after stroke. Ambulation training, therefore, is an important part of physical ther...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria:
- between 40 and 75 years old
- first stroke with R't side hemiplegia due to middle cerebral artery occlusion 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 in parallel bars and having no independent ambulation ability outside parallel bars
- 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 1998
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2000
Estimated Enrollment :
40 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00167089
Start Date
August 1 1998
End Date
August 1 2000
Last Update
October 6 2009
Active Locations (1)
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School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy College of Medicine, National Taiwan University
Taipei, Province of China, Taiwan, 100