NCT02113098

Effects of Treadmill Gait Training With Loading in Individuals With Stroke

Effects of Treadmill Gait Training With Adding Load on Lower Limb of Individuals With Stroke

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 38 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the add load on non-paretic lower limb of individuals that suffer a stroke, while walking on a treadmill, is effective for restore gait symmetry of these individuals, in a subacute phase of stroke.

Detailed description

This is a randomized and blinded clinical trial, in which participants are being randomly divided into experimental group and control group, in order to verify the effects of adding load on gait symmetry after stroke. 40 individuals will participate, and the calculation of sample size was performed from the ratio variable symmetry of swing time, based on previous study. Whereas about 15% of individuals could give up to participate in the study during their course (dropout rate), we determined a number of 20 participants in each group.

Conditions

• Stroke
• Gait Disorders, Neurologic

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Treadmill, ankle load	The experimental group will perform gait training on a treadmill (Gait Trainer 2®) with added load to the ankle of the non-paretic lower limb, plus physical therapy correction for restore gait symmetry. The intervention will last 30 minutes, in nine sessions for two weeks
OTHER	Treadmill	The control group (active comparator) will perform gait training on a treadmill (Gait Trainer 2®) with physical therapy correction for restore gait symmetry. The intervention will last 30 minutes, in nine sessions for two weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-04-01
• Primary completion: 2015-06-01
• Completion: 2015-10-01
• First posted: 2014-04-14
• Last updated: 2019-06-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil