Combining Active Living Programme (ALP) With Home-Use Wearable Technical Aids (WTA)

Kowloon Hospital, Hong Kong12 enrolled

Overview

The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of adopting a home-use Wearable Technical Aids (WTA) with the structured Active Living Program (ALP) to promote community participation in young stroke patients.

Two groups of patients would receive Wearable Technical Aids Training or Wearable Technical Aids Training and structured Active Living Program (ALP) for 8 sessions.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Stroke Foot Drop (Acquired)

Interventions

Active Living programme and wearable technical aidsDEVICE

attend 6 weeks active living programme and apply wearable technical aids for 8 weeks.

Wearable technical aidsDEVICE

apply wearable technical aids for 8 weeks.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: -diagnosed with foot drop with tibialis anterior muscle strength between 1 to 3- out of 5 in manual muscle testing for more than six months due to cerebrovascular accident (CVA) Exclusion Criteria: * pre-existing orthopedic conditions affecting ambulation * subjects who are incompetent in giving written consent

Locations (1)

Community Rehabilitation Service Support Centre

Kowloon, Hong Kong

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change score in Stroke Adapted 30 item version of the Sickness Impact Profile (SA-SIP 30)

The quality of life scale for the people with stroke

Time frame: before intervention, 8 weeks (after intervention )

Secondary Outcomes

Change score in 10 meters walk Test

10 meters walk time

Time frame: before intervention,8 weeks (after intervention)

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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