Evaluation of the Increase of the Driving Speed With Walkaide® Medical Device

University Hospital, Angers40 enrolled

Overview

Evaluation of the increase of the driving speed after apparatus by Walkaide® medical device in deficits levator foot of central origin.

Evaluation of the increase of the driving speed after apparatus by Walkaide® medical device in deficits levator foot of central origin. The main objective is the study of changes in walking speed on the 6-minute walk test between the initial walk without orthotic and walking with orthotic Walkaide® medical devie after one month of training. This is a prospective multicenter study, without control group, qualified as a biomedical research.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Foot Sensory Deficit

Interventions

WALKAIDEDEVICE

A clinical evaluation will be conducted at T0 with achievement of the following tests without orthosis and with the usual orthosis if applicable: he will be made a stimulation test of common peroneal nerve and settings Walkaide® device. Subjects will be reconvened at T1, one to four weeks after the initial assessment to ensure the stability of walking speed. We will perform the following tests without orthosis and with the usual orthosis if applicable. The final evaluation (T2) will be 28 days after the start of the port of the device.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Passive ankle dorsiflexion of at least 0 ° (strained knee) * No injection of botulinum toxin in the lower limbs for at months 3 months * No surgery for at least three months * Walk 10 meters in less than 60 seconds, without human help, with or without technical assistance * Score the Functional Ambulation Classification (FAC) ≥ 3 * Ashworth Score ≤ 2 sural triceps * Written consent signed Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of severe cognitive impairment that does not allow the use of the device independently * History of debilitating disease associated general * Local embarrassing skin disorder laying the electrodes * Pacemaker * Unstable Epilepsy * Pregnancy and lactation * Participation Refusal

Locations (1)

Les Capucins

Angers, Pays de la Loire Region, France

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in walking speed

The main objective is the study of changes in walking speed on the 6-minute walk test between the initial walk without orthotics and walking with Walkaide® functionnal electric stimulation orthosis after one month of training.

Time frame: One month

Central Contacts

Isabelle Richard Crémieux, Md-PHD

CONTACT

0241351719 Isabelle.richard@univ-angers.fr

Flavie Frémondière, MD

CONTACT

0241351706 flaviefremondiere@yahoo.fr

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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