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Understanding Different Parameters in Locomotor Training (a Type of Walking Training) for Person After a Stroke

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00712179
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : July 9, 2008
Results First Posted : May 13, 2016
Last Update Posted : May 13, 2016
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VA Office of Research and Development

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
This is a research study to understand how people who have experienced a stroke walk in order to develop better and more effective types of therapy. Data collected from people who have experienced a stroke and healthy individuals will be used to compare a neurologically healthy person to someone, which has sustained an injury.

Condition or disease
Stroke

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Study Design
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Study Type : Observational
Actual Enrollment : 49 participants
Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
Official Title: Developing Evidence-based Parameter Selection for Locomotor Training
Study Start Date : July 2008
Actual Primary Completion Date : October 2011
Actual Study Completion Date : December 2013
Groups and Cohorts
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Group/Cohort
Stroke Survivors
Subjects walked with or with therapists' assistance at different speeds and different amounts of body weight support across conditions.


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Diagnostic [ Time Frame: During sessions- 1 day measurement ]
    The electromyographic (EMG) gait pattern of stroke survivors was compared with "normal" pattern using z-scores.


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Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years to 85 Years   (Adult, Senior)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Sampling Method:   Probability Sample
Study Population
Healthy Controls and persons who have sustained a stroke
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • adults at least 18 years old;
  • able to provide informed consent;
  • able to follow three-step motor command;
  • have a single unilateral stroke;
  • medically stable (i.e. asymptomatic for bladder infection, decubiti, osteoporosis, cardiopulmonary disease, pain, or other significant medical complications that would prohibit or interfere with walking;
  • able to stand with assistance and/or ambulate 15 meters with or without an assistive device or brace and no greater than standby physical assistance.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • weight > 300 pounds due to limitations in body weight support systems;
  • body size which is incompatible with harnesses;
  • pregnancy;
  • presence of significant musculoskeletal problems that limit hip and knee extension or ankle plantarflexion to neutral;
  • self selected walking speed below 0.3 m/s; and
  • history of congestive cardiac failure, unstable angina, or peripheral vascular disease.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00712179


Locations
United States, Florida
North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System
Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32608
Sponsors and Collaborators
VA Office of Research and Development
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Steve A. Kautz, PhD MS BS Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC
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Responsible Party: VA Office of Research and Development
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00712179     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: A6365-R
First Posted: July 9, 2008    Key Record Dates
Results First Posted: May 13, 2016
Last Update Posted: May 13, 2016
Last Verified: April 2016
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Plan to Share IPD: Undecided

Keywords provided by VA Office of Research and Development:
Stroke
walking
Treadmill
body weight support system

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Stroke
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
 Nervous System Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases