Post-stroke patients
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients group: Hemiparetic stroke patients with motor disability of lower extremity, over and equal to 120 days after stroke, no medical history of fracture and injury by fall within three months. FIM score of locomotion (ambulatory) is greater than 5 with/without T-cane and orthosis, FIM score of cognitive comprehension is greater than 4, SIAS position sense is greater than 0, SIAS visuospatial cognition is greater than 1, no clear cognitive dysfunction, agreement to participate in the research. Healthy group: A person shall not have medical history of musculoskeletal (lower extremity) and nervous system disease. Agreement to participate in the research.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients group: A person shall not have epilepsy or its previous history, implanted electronic pacing or defibrillation devices. Patients and healthy groups: A person shall not have contraindications to gait: serious cardiac disease: unstable angina, myocardial infarction shortly after symptom onset, decompensated congestive heart failure, acute cor pulmonale, uncontrolled arrhythmia, serious aortic stenosis, active myocarditis, endocarditis, etc., uncontrolled hypertension, acute systemic disease or fever, complication of recent pulmonary embolism, acute cor pulmonale or serious pulmonary hypertension, complication of serious liver or renal dysfunction, complication of serious orthopedic disease which bars gait capability, complication of serious cognitive dysfunction, other metabolic abnormality (acute thyroiditis, etc.), pregnant.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Electrophysiological assessment | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Motor function of lower extremity, excitability of motor cortex assessed with transcranial magnetic stimulation(TMS), coherence analysis, gait analysis | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Keio University School of Medicine Department of Rehabilitation Medicine