Gait Training for Persons With Stroke

Early Phase 1CompletedNCT00612300

University of Aarhus16 enrolled

Overview

The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of an automatic gait trainer (Lokomat) handled by physical therapists compared with categorized gait training by physical therapists in ambulatory stroke patients. Gait speed, gait distance and gait symmetry are used to evaluate study effects. Hypotheses: 1) The Lokomat improves stroke patients gait speed, distance and symmetry more than categorized gait training.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Stroke Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction

Interventions

Lokomat - Physical therapyBEHAVIORAL

A: Lokomat training, 30 minutes per day for 3 weeks, 5 days per week. B: Categorized gait training by physical therapist, 30 minutes per day for 3 weeks, 5 days per week

Physical therapy - LokomatBEHAVIORAL

B: Daily 30 minutes of gait training with a physical therapist, 5 days per week for 3 weeks. A: Daily 30 minutes of Lokomat training, 5 days per week for 3 weeks.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 30 YearsMax age: 80 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. First time Stroke 2. Middle cerebral artery infarction 3. Less than three month from stroke onset 4. Able to walk with or without a stick at gait speed less than 0.5 m/s 5. Participants are able to cope with the Lokomat Exclusion Criteria: 1. Co-morbidity which impedes study participations 2. Language deficits which makes it impossible to understand oral or written study instructions 3. More than 190 cm tall and 135 kg in weight 4. Pregnancy 5. No gait function prior stroke 6. Skin sore or eruption on lower extremity or trunk, differences in lower extremity length of more than 2 cm or contracture of lower extremity which impedes gait training in the Lokomat -

Locations (1)

Hammel Neurorehabilitation and Research Center

Hammel, Denmark

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

10 meters walking test (gait speed)

Time frame: at inclusion, week 3 and week 6

Secondary Outcomes

Six minutes walking test

Time frame: Inclusion, wek 3 and week 6

Gait symmetry index

Time frame: Inclusion, week 3 and week 6

Timed Up And Go

Time frame: Inclusion, Week 3 and Week 6

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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