NCT01000168

Treadmill Therapy and Brain Injuries

The Effect of Treadmill Therapy With Body Weight Support on Walking and Transfer in Patients With Moderate to Severe Ambulatory Deficits After Stroke

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Introduction. * There is a demand for evidence whether treadmill therapy is more efficient than traditional walking training as an intervention for patients with hemiplegia after cerebral stroke. Design. * A randomized controlled trial. Material. * Stroke patients with moderate to severe functional deficits referred to inpatient medical rehabilitation. Method. * Comparing a treatment group receiving treadmill training with body weight support with a treatment group receiving conventional walking training. Study aim: * Investigate whether treadmill therapy is more effective than traditional functional training in restoring walking and transfer in patients with moderate to severe ambulatory deficits after stroke.

Detailed description

See "Brief Summary".

Conditions

• Cerebral Stroke
• Hemiplegia
• Moderate to Severe Functional Impairments

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Treadmill therapy and conventional walking therapy.	The experimental group received 30 sessions of treadmill therapy with body weight support for a time period of 10 weeks. The conventional group received traditional walking therapy for the same time period.

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-11-01
• Primary completion: 2009-05-01
• Completion: 2009-05-01
• First posted: 2009-10-22
• Last updated: 2009-10-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway