Status:
UNKNOWN
Clinical Applications and Evaluations of A Portable In-Shoe Plantar Pressure Monitoring and Biofeedback Gait System for Ambulation Training in Stroke Rehabilitation
Lead Sponsor:
National Taiwan University Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan
Conditions:
Stroke
Eligibility:
All Genders
40-75 years
Brief Summary
The purposes of this paper were to determine whether walking speed affected gait parameters and force impulse in patients with stroke or not, and if the changes varied in various foot regions.
Detailed Description
Stroke patients often suffer from persistent physical, psychological, and motor dysfunction, which severely affect their independence in daily life. Therefore, restoration of independent ambulatory ab...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria:
- between 40 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 ambulate independently and continuously for 10 meters with regular cane
- 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
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 1999
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
End Date :
July 1 2002
Estimated Enrollment :
30 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00167076
Start Date
August 1 1999
End Date
July 1 2002
Last Update
September 14 2005
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School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy College of Medicine, National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan, 100