Effects of lunge exercise with foot intrinsic muscle stretching intervention on Gait and balance in patients with chronic stroke a randomized controlled study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0009017

Enrollment

Registered

2023-12-06

Start date

2023-09-05

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-12-19

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Behavioral : The patients were instructed to extend the knee forward until the front leg's soleus muscle was adequately stretched, avoiding any discomfort or pain. In this stretched position, they mai

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) confirmation of hemiplegia arising from stroke, at least 6 months after the stroke incident 2) capable of independently walking a distance of 10 meters without any assistive tools 3) achieving a score of 24 or higher in the Korean Mini-Mental State Examination 4) having the ability to execute a lunge independently, placing the lower limb of the affected side 5) an ankle joint modified Ashworth scale reading between 1 and 2; and 6) stable with vital signs

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) having a medical history involving botulinum injections in the lower extremities 2) medications that may affect balance or gait 3) being susceptible to falling, with a Bug Balance Scale (BBS) score of 20 or below

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
static balance ability;Timed up-and-go test;Temporal parameters of gait;dynamic gait index	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
K-MMSE	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public Contactyoung hwan kwag

Kyungnam University

yhkwag88@gmail.com+82-55-225-0181

Outcome results