NCT01320839

Effects of an Ankle-Foot Orthosis on Gait While Performing an Attention Demanding Task

Effects of an Ankle-Foot Orthosis on Gait While Performing an Attention Demanding Task in People With Poststroke Hemiplegia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 21 (actual)
• Sponsor: Nova Scotia Health Authority · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

We hypothesize that: (1) gait stability will be increased when wearing an ankle-foot orthosis (plastic brace supporting the foot and ankle); (2) an attention demanding task will decrease gait stability and (3) the improvement in gait stability due to ankle-foot orthosis use will be greater during an attention demanding task.

Detailed description

A quasi-experimental, randomized 2 x 2 factorial within subjects study with the factor of walking condition (2 levels, walking with and without ankle-foot orthotic device) and attention condition (2 levels, walking with and without attention task).

Conditions

• Stroke
• Gait, Hemiplegic

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-03-01
• Primary completion: 2013-11-01
• Completion: 2013-11-01
• First posted: 2011-03-23
• Last updated: 2014-03-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada