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Optimizing Gait Symmetry After Stroke Using Mechanical Constraints and Sensory Feedback
Led by The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston · Updated on 2026-04-01
30
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
70 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This single-session study aims to evaluate a novel gait training protocol that integrates mechanical constraints and sensory feedback to enhance paretic leg propulsion in individuals post-stroke. The study will include 15 individuals who have experienced a stroke and 15 healthy adults, each aged 20 years or older. Participants will walk on both tied-belt and split-belt treadmills under various training conditions, including backward-directed resistance (applied at the pelvis, ankle, or both) and real-time sensory feedback (visual, auditory, or combined). These interventions will be applied individually and in combination to identify the most effective environment for promoting symmetrical gait patterns. Each session will last approximately two hours. The equipment used is non-invasive, and the risk to participants is minimal.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Optimizing Gait Symmetry After Stroke Using Mechanical Constraints and Sensory Feedback
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Aged 20 years or older
- For stroke group: clinical diagnosis of stroke at least 1 month prior to participation
- Ability to walk at least 10 meters with or without assistive devices
- For healthy group: able to walk independently without assistive devices
You will not qualify if you...
- Life expectancy less than one year
- Comatose or unable to follow three-step commands
- Amputation of any lower limb
- Poorly controlled diabetes such as foot ulceration
- Blindness
- Progressive neurological disease
- Medically unstable condition
- Significant musculoskeletal impairments affecting gait
- Congestive heart failure or unstable angina
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Severe neuropsychiatric conditions such as dementia, cognitive deficits, or severe depression
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas, United States, 77555
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Research Team
M
Mansoo Ko, PhD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Number of Arms
1
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