Post-stroke Gait Assessments
Conditions
Brief summary
Many neurological patients express enhanced deficits while walking in a dark room (or during the night): the supraspinal structures involved in this navigational deficit have not been identified yet. In this project, the investigators will study post-stroke gaits of human patients and compare them to those of a control population during a goal-oriented task performed in different visual conditions. The investigators want to test the hypothesis that during simple goal-oriented locomotor tasks, only patients with specific (e.g. medio or infero- temporal) lesions will express navigational deficits.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALKinematic measurements
Sponsors
Dr Titus Bihl, Hopital Cantonal Fribourgeois
University of Fribourg
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
OTHER
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 85 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
(for matching controls): * Adult male and female subjects (18--\>85 years old)
Exclusion criteria
(for matching controls): * Persons with history of an acquired or congenital neurological disorder, e.g. stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson disease, increased intracranial pressure, etc.; * Persons injured at the time of the experiments (fractures,…); * Persons having reported repetitive spatial troubles/disorders; * Persons with eye disorders and non-corrected vision problems; * Pregnant women.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Walking stability indices of post-stroke patients | 1 hour and 30 minutes (including pre-tests, instructions delivery...). |
| Spatial accuracy of walking trajectories in post-stroke patients | 1 hour and 30 minutes (including pre-tests, instructions delivery...). |
Countries
Switzerland
Outcome results
None listed