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Effects of Early Treadmill Training on Ambulatory Ability in Stroke Patients: Electromyographic and Kinematic Analyses

This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.

Study NCT00167089. Last updated on September 12, 2005. Information provided by National Taiwan University Hospital

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Brief Title ^†

Effects of Early Treadmill Training on Ambulatory Ability in Stroke Patients: Electromyographic and Kinematic Analyses

Official Title ^†

Effects of Early Treadmill Training on Ambulatory Ability in Stroke Patients: Electromyographic and Kinematic Analyses

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 therapy intervention for these patients. Conventional neurologic physical therapy for ambulation training, based sorely on neurophysiology, prohibits early ambulation experience after stroke in attempt to avoid the development of abnormal gait patterns. Such an approach has been shown to be limited in helping these patients regain independent ambulatory ability.

Study Phase

Study Type ^†

Interventional

Study Design ^†

Educational/Counseling/Training, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study

Primary Outcome Measure ^†

To investigate walking speed and stride length as the representation of ambulation ability

Secondary Outcome Measure ^†

To investigate the the co-activation duration between the activity of hamstring and quadriceps, and tibialis anterior and gastrocnemius joints, the level of symmetry in step length and stance/swing duration ratio between the affected and unaffected legs

Condition ^†

Stroke

Intervention ^†

Behavioral: Treadmill Training

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Recruitment Information Fields

Recruitment Status ^†

Active, not recruiting

Enrollment ^†

Start Date ^†

August 1998

Completion Date

July 1999

Eligibility Criteria ^†

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

Gender

Both

Ages

40 Years to 75 Years

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Contacts ^††

Location Countries ^†

Taiwan

Administrative Information Fields

NCT ID ^†

NCT00167089

Organization ID

47s1

Secondary IDs ^††

Study Sponsor ^†

National Taiwan University Hospital

Collaborators ^††

National Science Council, Taiwan

Investigators ^†

Principal Investigator:

Pei-Fang Tang, PhD

National Taiwan University Hospital

Information Provided By

National Taiwan University Hospital

Verification Date

September 2005

First Received Date ^†

September 12, 2005

Last Updated Date

September 12, 2005

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