Status:
COMPLETED
Influence of Assistive Device Use While Performing Dual Task in Patients With Stroke
Lead Sponsor:
National Taiwan University Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan
Conditions:
Stroke
Eligibility:
All Genders
50-75 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The primary purposes of the this three-year research proposal are to investigate the influence of assistive device use on dynamic balance and the associated attentional demands during standing and wal...
Detailed Description
Research has shown the effectiveness of using ambulatory assistive devices to increase standing stability of patients with stroke in clinical practice (Maeda et al., 2001). However, literature has als...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Healthy adults
- between 50 and 75 years old
- having no neuromuscular or musculoskeletal disorders that would jeopardize their balance control abilities
- being willing to sign an informed consent approved by the Human Subjects Committee of the National Taiwan University Hospital
- Stroke patients
- between 50 and 75 years old
- hemiplegic or hemiparetic as a result of a single cerebral vascular accident
- medically stable with no ongoing complications
- independently walking without using any assistive device for at least 10 meters, and have the exercise endurance for at least 30 minutes
- having no serious hemianopsia, hemi-inattention or any obvious cognitive problems as evaluated with the Mini-Mental State examination
- being willing to sign an informed consent approved by the Human Subjects Committee of the National Taiwan University Hospital
Exclusion
- unable to follow the order of the experimenters, and having serious comprehension and expression impairment
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2003
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
July 1 2004
Estimated Enrollment :
40 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00173719
Start Date
September 1 2003
End Date
July 1 2004
Last Update
August 28 2013
Active Locations (1)
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School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy College of Medicine, National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan, 100