Combining Active Living Programme (ALP) With Home-Use Wearable Technical Aids (WTA)

The Effectiveness of Combining Active Living Programme (ALP) With Home-Use Wearable Technical Aids (WTA) to Promote Community Participation in Young Stroke With Foot Drop Problem- The Pilot Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05159635

Enrollment

Registered

2021-12-16

Start date

2018-02-01

Completion date

2019-10-01

Last updated

2021-12-16

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Conditions

Foot Drop (Acquired), Stroke

Keywords

Wearable

Brief summary

The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of adopting a home-use Wearable Technical Aids (WTA) with the structured Active Living Program (ALP) to promote community participation in young stroke patients.

Detailed description

Two groups of patients would receive Wearable Technical Aids Training or Wearable Technical Aids Training and structured Active Living Program (ALP) for 8 sessions.

Interventions

DEVICEActive Living programme and wearable technical aids

attend 6 weeks active living programme and apply wearable technical aids for 8 weeks.

DEVICEWearable technical aids

apply wearable technical aids for 8 weeks.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

-diagnosed with foot drop with tibialis anterior muscle strength between 1 to 3- out of 5 in manual muscle testing for more than six months due to cerebrovascular accident (CVA)

Exclusion criteria

* pre-existing orthopedic conditions affecting ambulation * subjects who are incompetent in giving written consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Change score in Stroke Adapted 30 item version of the Sickness Impact Profile (SA-SIP 30)	before intervention, 8 weeks (after intervention )	The quality of life scale for the people with stroke

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Change score in 10 meters walk Test	before intervention,8 weeks (after intervention)	10 meters walk time

Countries

Hong Kong

Outcome results

None listed

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