Status:

COMPLETED

Gait Training for Persons With Stroke

Lead Sponsor:

University of Aarhus

Conditions:

Stroke

Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction

Eligibility:

All Genders

30-80 years

Phase:

EARLY_PHASE1

Brief Summary

The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of an automatic gait trainer (Lokomat) handled by physical therapists compared with categorized gait training by physical therapists in ambula...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • First time Stroke
  • Middle cerebral artery infarction
  • Less than three month from stroke onset
  • Able to walk with or without a stick at gait speed less than 0.5 m/s
  • Participants are able to cope with the Lokomat

Exclusion

  • Co-morbidity which impedes study participations
  • Language deficits which makes it impossible to understand oral or written study instructions
  • More than 190 cm tall and 135 kg in weight
  • Pregnancy
  • No gait function prior stroke
  • Skin sore or eruption on lower extremity or trunk, differences in lower extremity length of more than 2 cm or contracture of lower extremity which impedes gait training in the Lokomat -

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

June 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

16 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00612300

Start Date

June 1 2007

End Date

June 1 2009

Last Update

February 17 2010

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Hammel Neurorehabilitation and Research Center

Hammel, Denmark