Status:
UNKNOWN
Balance Recovery and Training on Fall Prevention in Stroke
Lead Sponsor:
National Taiwan University Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan
Conditions:
Stroke
Eligibility:
All Genders
45-75 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The specific aims of this research are delineated as the following: Aim 1: To investigate the neuromuscular and biomechanical mechanisms of the emerging processes of proactive and reactive balance co...
Detailed Description
Stroke is one of the leading causes of chronic disability in the world. Falls are one of the primary complications after stroke. The incidence of falls ranges from 25% to 75% among stroke patients res...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Healthy subjects
- Age ang Sex are correspond with the stroke subjects(between 45 and 75 years old)
- having the habit of regular exercise (at least twice a week, and at least 20 minutes duration each time)
- being willing to accept one-year follow-up examination
- being willing to sign an informed consent approved by the Human Subjects Committee of the National Taiwan University Hospital
- Stroke subjects
- between 45 and 75 years old
- cerebral infarction stroke confirmed by ICD-10-CM and brain imaging diagnosis(including I63.0, I63.1, I63.2, I63.3, I63.4, I63.5, I63.6, I63.8, and I63.9)
- first stroke and received acute treatment at NTUH
- being willing to accept one-year follow-up examination
- being willing to sign an informed consent approved by the Human Subjects Committee of the National Taiwan University Hospital
Exclusion
- Healthy subjects
- having other neurological diseases, or moderate to severe neuromuscular or musculoskeletal disorders, or disorders from systematic diseases those would influence the belance or motor ability Stroke subjects
- on the 14st day after stroke onset, 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 disorders, or disorders from systematic diseases other than stroke
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
December 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00173992
Start Date
September 1 2005
End Date
December 1 2007
Last Update
September 15 2005
Active Locations (1)
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School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy College of Medicine, National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan, 100