NCT03561246

Incline Training to Personalize Motor Control Interventions After Stroke

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 55 (actual)
• Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 25 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study will evaluate the use of incline and decline treadmill training to address specific motor control deficits identified within different post-stroke walking patterns.

Detailed description

This study seeks to develop a theory-based clinical decision-making framework for the training of walking recovery after stroke based on how different biomechanical patterns of walking illustrate distinct motor control deficits. Each participant will complete 12 sessions (three times a week for four weeks) of either INCLINE, DECLINE, or CONTROL training. Clinical and biomechanical outcome measures will be collected pre- and post-training and after a one-month follow-up period. In addition, the investigators will collect a battery of clinical outcome measures before and after training. Spatiotemporal variables (including SSWS) will be collected before and after each session. All clinical and biomechanical assessments will be conducted by an evaluator blinded to training group allocation.

Conditions

• CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Incline treadmill walking	Those with a Pp \<0.47 or \>0.53 will undergo INCLINE training during which individuals will walk for 15 minutes at a 10-degree treadmill tilt, stopping each five minutes for monitoring of vital signs.
OTHER	Decline treadmill walking	Those with a Pp \<0.47 or \>0.53 will undergo DECLINE training during which individuals will walk for 15 minutes at a 10-degree treadmill tilt, stopping each five minutes for monitoring of vital signs.
OTHER	Level Treadmill (Control)	Those with a Pp \<0.47 or \>0.53 will undergo LEVEL training during which individuals will walk for 15 minutes at a 0-degree treadmill tilt, stopping each five minutes for monitoring of vital signs.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-07-01
• Primary completion: 2022-05-31
• Completion: 2023-06-30
• First posted: 2018-06-19
• Last updated: 2024-05-22
• Results posted: 2024-05-22

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States