Gait Speeds and Demands in Chronic Stroke Patients: A Multi-dimensional Investigation
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interventional
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Brief Summary
This study investigated the effect of treadmill walking training with and without random speed changes in persons in the chronic stage of stroke. It was hypothesized that random speed change group will show less attention and balance demands for speed change in level walking.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for phase_1 stroke
Started Feb 2020
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
February 26, 2020
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
June 15, 2020
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
June 18, 2020
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
November 30, 2021
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 31, 2021
CompletedSeptember 5, 2021
September 1, 2021
1.8 years
June 15, 2020
September 3, 2021
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
stride characteristics
Wearable movement sensors are used to measure stride characteristics, such step length, gait velocity, under different walking conditions (normal, narrow based, dual task)
2 weeks
Study Arms (2)
training with random speed changes
EXPERIMENTALWalking training on treadmill with random speed changes, that is, random sequence of several different walking speeds
training with blocked speed changes
ACTIVE COMPARATORWalking training on treadmill with blocked speed changes, that is a steady progression of faster walking speed.
Interventions
Participants were asked to walk in different gait speed randomly on the treadmill (80%, 90%, 100%, 110% and 120% of preferred speed). The training speed would be changed in every 15 seconds in 2-minutes-section. 2 minutes/ section, 10 sections/ day, 3 days/ week, 2 weeks. 1 minute rest time would be held between sections.
Participants were asked to walk in same gait speed on the treadmill per day (80%, 90%, 100%, 110% and 120% of preferred speed, respectively). 2 minutes/ section, 10 sections/ day, 3 days/ week, 2 weeks. 1 minute rest time would be held between sections.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Patients diagnosed with first stroke for at least 6 months
- Able to walk for at least 20 minutes independently without exhaustion
- Residual gait deficits
- Resting blood pressure is lower than 150/90 mmHg
You may not qualify if:
- Unable to follow experimental instructions during the process
- Any pain, inflammation, or other neuromuscular or musculoskeletal conditions in the lower limbs that affect walking ability
- Unstable health problems
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
National Cheng Kung University
Tainan, Taiwan
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- STUDY CHAIR
Lin Sang-I, PhD
National Cheng Kung University
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 1
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, National Cheng Kung University
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
June 15, 2020
First Posted
June 18, 2020
Study Start
February 26, 2020
Primary Completion
November 30, 2021
Study Completion
December 31, 2021
Last Updated
September 5, 2021
Record last verified: 2021-09