Pushing Behaviors in Individuals Post-stroke

Inpatient Rehabilitation Treatments and Effect on Pushing Behaviors in Individuals Post-stroke

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02190734

Enrollment

Registered

2014-07-15

Start date

2014-05-31

Completion date

2017-12-31

Last updated

2019-04-22

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Conditions

Stroke

Keywords

Stroke, Pusher Syndrome, Lateropulsion, Pushing Behaviors, Burke Lateropulsion Scale

Brief summary

Some individuals demonstrate pushing behaviors after having a stroke. The purpose of this study is to see if there are immediate changes in pushing behaviors in individuals who have had a stroke before and after sitting in a wheelchair, walking on the treadmill, and walking overground. The investigators do not think there will be a change with sitting in the wheelchair, but the investigators think there may be an improvement in pushing behaviors after walking training.

Detailed description

The study population of interest is primarily individuals in inpatient rehabilitation.

Interventions

OTHERSitting in wheel chair

Placebo/control intervention- No treatment, sitting in a wheelchair for 30 minutes

OTHERGait training on treadmill

Walking on a treadmill with or without body weight support during 30 minute treatment

OTHERGait training overground

Walking overground with or without body weight support during 30 minute treatment

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 89 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* score \>0 in each subsection of the Scale for Contraversive Pushing * admitted to the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago inpatient rehabilitation setting * stroke within previous 180 days * consent to participate in the study * ambulating greater than 150' at a time prior to stroke

Exclusion criteria

* other neurologic diagnoses * weight bearing precautions, orthopedic injuries, or other medical co-morbidities that prevent adherence to the study protocol

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Burke Lateropulsion Scale	Before and after each of 3 treatment sessions (3 separate days) over a maximum of a 10 day period	Clinical measure of pushing behaviors in supine, sitting, standing, walking, and transfers will be performed before and after each 30 minute training session.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026