NCT00776048

Validation of an Obstacle Course Used in Patients With Muscle Tightness

The Validation of a New Method to Evaluate the Effects of Chemoneurolytic Intervention on Balance and Community Ambulation in Spastic Hemiplegic Patients

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Kessler Foundation · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study is being conducted to compare healthy patients versus patients with muscle tightness in their leg(s) after an acquired brain injury using walking trials time, a balance test, and foot pressure data. This data is obtained using foot pressure sensors, timers, and distance walked.

Detailed description

This study is being conducted to demonstrate the objective utility of the use of pedobarography as a tool to differentiate normal controls from people with spastic gait as well as having utility in objectification of treatment effect on level surfaces and on a ADA based obstacle course.

Conditions

• Stroke
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Spasticity
• Healthy Controls

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-01-01
• Primary completion: 2009-12-01
• Completion: 2009-12-01
• First posted: 2008-10-20
• Last updated: 2010-06-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States