Stroke
Conditions
Interventions
Gait training with functional electrical stimulation (FES) + conventional rehabilitation therapy. Intervention with FES is scheduled 40min/day, five times a week, for 8 weeks.
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Sponsors
Kagoshima University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Patinets who agree to participate in this study and provode their informed consent; (2) since after stroke wothin 6 months; (3) stroke type is only intracranial hemorrhage or ischemic stroke; (4) inpatients for the rehabilitation therapy; (5) Functional Ambulation Classification (FAC) is 3 or 4; (6) stable general condition; (7) drop foot in walking
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) severe heart disease; (2) previous gait disability, such as neurological disease; (3) previous orthopedic disease, such as knee osteoarthritis; (4) severe hepatic or renal dysfunction; (5) severe sensory disturbance or severe ataxia or severe higher brain dysfunction; (6) contraindicated for the electrical stimulation (e.g. patients with a medical implant or implantable medical electrical equipment such as a cardiac pacemaker); (7) severe skin disease; (8) unstable medical condition; (9) patinets whose impairement severlities changed during the study period
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 6-minute walk test at baseline and ater 8-week intervention | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 10-m walk test; Fugl-Meyer assessment (FMA); modified Ashworth scale (MAS); range of motion; Timed up and go test (TUG); Stroke Impact Scale (SIS); subjective gait analysis; Patient reported outcome measure (PRO), adverse event | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactShuji Matsumoto
Kagoshima University Dept. of Rehabilitation
Outcome results
None listed