NCT00172146

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of cane use on the movement, kinetics, and associated attentional demands of performing a voluntary forward stepping movement in patients with stroke and age-matched healthy adults.

Trial Health

43
At Risk

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Trial has exceeded expected completion date
Enrollment
22

participants targeted

Target at below P25 for all trials

Timeline
Completed

Started Aug 2002

Shorter than P25 for all trials

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
unknown

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

August 1, 2002

Completed
11 months until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

July 1, 2003

Completed
2.2 years until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

September 12, 2005

Completed
3 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

September 15, 2005

Completed
Last Updated

September 15, 2005

Status Verified

September 1, 2005

First QC Date

September 12, 2005

Last Update Submit

September 12, 2005

Conditions

Stroke

Keywords

HemiplegiaRegular caneVolitional steppingDynamic equilibriumAttentionDual task

Eligibility Criteria

Age30 Years - 75 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Healthy subjects
  • Age ang Sex are correspond with the stroke subjects(between 30 and 75 years old)
  • being willing to sign an informed consent approved by the Human Subjects Committee of the National Taiwan University Hospital
  • Stroke subjects
  • between 30 and 75 years old
  • stroke confirmed by ICD-10-CM (including I60, I61, I62, I63, I67, and I63.9)
  • first stroke with single side hemiplegia 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 stand independently for 10 minutes and to forward step without ankle-foot orthosis
  • Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score at least 24
  • Excursion criteria:
  • 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
  • having unstable vital sign, unconsciousness, or obvious cognitive, perception, and language impairment, and couldn't communicate with the experimenters
  • +2 more criteria

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy College of Medicine, National Taiwan University

Taipei, Province of China, 100, Taiwan

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

StrokeHemiplegia

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Cerebrovascular DisordersBrain DiseasesCentral Nervous System DiseasesNervous System DiseasesVascular DiseasesCardiovascular DiseasesParalysisNeurologic ManifestationsSigns and SymptomsPathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

  • Pei-Fang Tang, PhD

    National Taiwan University Hospital

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
observational
Observational Model
CASE CONTROL
Time Perspective
OTHER
Sponsor Type
OTHER

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

September 12, 2005

First Posted

September 15, 2005

Study Start

August 1, 2002

Study Completion

July 1, 2003

Last Updated

September 15, 2005

Record last verified: 2005-09

Locations

TW(1)