Influences of Cane Use on Voluntary Forward Stepping Movement and Associated Attentional Demands in Hemiplegic Patients

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00172146

Enrollment

Registered

2005-09-15

Start date

2002-08-31

Completion date

2003-07-31

Last updated

2005-09-15

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Conditions

Stroke

Keywords

Hemiplegia, Regular cane, Volitional stepping, Dynamic equilibrium, Attention, Dual task

Brief summary

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of cane use on the movement, kinetics, and associated attentional demands of performing a voluntary forward stepping movement in patients with stroke and age-matched healthy adults.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

OTHER

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

30 Years to 75 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Healthy subjects * Age ang Sex are correspond with the stroke subjects(between 30 and 75 years old) * being willing to sign an informed consent approved by the Human Subjects Committee of the National Taiwan University Hospital Stroke subjects * between 30 and 75 years old * stroke confirmed by ICD-10-CM (including I60, I61, I62, I63, I67, and I63.9) * first stroke with single side hemiplegia and received acute treatment at NTUH * being willing to sign an informed consent approved by the Human Subjects Committee of the National Taiwan University Hospital * able to stand independently for 10 minutes and to forward step without ankle-foot orthosis * Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score at least 24 Excursion criteria: Healthy subjects * having other neurological diseases, or moderate to severe neuromuscular or musculoskeletal disorders, or disorders from systematic diseases those would influence the belance or motor ability Stroke subjects * having unstable vital sign, unconsciousness, or obvious cognitive, perception, and language impairment, and couldn't communicate with the experimenters * having other neurological diseases, or moderate to severe neuromuscular or musculoskeletal or cardiovascular disorders, or disorders from systematic diseases those will influence standing ability other than stroke * having hemi-neglect or hemi-anopia

Countries

Taiwan

Outcome results