NCT06764290

Neural Changes in Stroke Patients During Challenging Walking Tasks.

Neural Mechanism Changes in Stroke Patients During Challenging Environments

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Nanjing Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

For stroke patients, a challenging, unfamiliar, and more difficult task may increase the likelihood of brain activation to stimulate recovery. Pedal walking and walking with eyes-covered are both difficult and challenging tasks for stroke patients. The investigators intend to study the biomechanics and neural mechanisms of challenging pedal walking and walking with eyes covered. Stroke participants will wear electroencephalogram electrode caps and perform three tasks: walking on a flat surface for 60 seconds, walking on pedal for 60 seconds, and walking with eyes covered for 60 seconds.

Detailed description

Stroke participants will wear a 32-lead electroencephalogram electrode cap (Zhentai Technology Company, Xi 'an, China), first walk on a flat ground for 60 seconds, rest for 2 minutes, then walk on the pedal for 60 seconds, rest again for 2 minutes, and walk for 60 seconds with eyes-covered.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	pedal walking	Pedal walking is a challenging walking task that can be used as a form of physical therapy for stroke participants.
OTHER	visual occlusion	Walking with eyes-covered is a challenging walking task that can be used as a form of physical therapy for stroke participants.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-04-01
• Primary completion: 2025-01-30
• Completion: 2025-02-28
• First posted: 2025-01-08
• Last updated: 2025-01-08

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: China