NCT06746493

The Assessment of Knee Joints Function in People After Stroke

Is it Important to Assess the Function of the Knee Joint After a Stroke

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Poznan University of Medical Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 35 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The study aims to assess the function of knee joints in patients after stroke compared to healthy people and evaluate the impact of rehabilitation on the function of knee joints in people after stroke.

Detailed description

Stroke patients were examined twice at the beginning of rehabilitation and after approximately 15 days of exercise. The control group (healthy participants) was assessed once. Wireless motion sensors connected to a mobile application were used to assess the kinematics of the knee joints. They were used to assess the range of motion in the knee joints (passive, active, active at maximum speed), proprioception (joint position sense tests), step-up test, step-down test, getting up and sitting on a chair, step and squat. Functional tests such as The Five Times Sit-to-Stand Test, Timed Up\&Go, The Step Test, the 5m walking test, and the 30-s Chair Stand Test were carried out. The strength of the knee extensors and flexors was also assessed using the Leg Force Feedback device. Balance was assessed on a posturography platform by performing tests such as standing with eyes open and closed on a stable surface and standing with eyes open and closed on an unstable surface. The symmetry of lower limb loads in a standing position was also assessed.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Rehabilitation	People after a stroke participated in a standard rehabilitation process carried out at the neurological rehabilitation department.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-11-10
• Primary completion: 2022-04-07
• Completion: 2022-06-15
• First posted: 2024-12-24
• Last updated: 2024-12-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Poland