Influence of Assistive Device Use While Performing Dual Task in Patients With Stroke

NCT00173719 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 9100002423
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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 walking in patients with stroke

Conditions

Stroke

Keywords

Hemiplegia; Assisstive device; Walking; Dynamic equilibrium; Reaction time; Attention; Dual task

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• To investigate the voice reaction time and response accuracy while simultaneously performing the dual task with or without using assistive devices for healthy adults and stroke patients

  2003-2004

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• To investigate the related gait parameters(ex. walking speed, stride length, gait cycle time, and foot pressure etc.)while simultaneously performing the dual task with or without using assistive devices for healthy adults and stroke patients

Interventions

Standard cane DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 50 Years - 75 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• 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

You may not qualify if:

• unable to follow the order of the experimenters, and having serious comprehension and expression impairment

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Taiwan University Hospital: lead
• National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

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

Taipei, 100, Taiwan

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Stroke; Hemiplegia

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Cerebrovascular Disorders; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Paralysis; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Pei-Fang Tang, PhD

  National Taiwan University Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 12, 2005
• First Posted: September 15, 2005
• Study Start: September 1, 2003
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2004
• Study Completion: July 1, 2004
• Last Updated: August 28, 2013

Record last verified: 2013-01

Locations

TW (1)