Balance Training After Stroke With REWIRE (REWIRESI)

University Rehabilitation Institute, Republic of Slovenia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Other: Balance exercises; Device: REWIRE

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03282968

URIS201704

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study will include 20 patients after stroke, randomly assigned to the experimental and control group (10 each). In both groups, the program with last for five days; walking and balance will be assessed before and after the program. Both groups will receive regular neurophysiotherapy; in addition, the experimental group will exercise each day by playing REWIRE games, while the control group will perform standing balance exercises.

Full description

Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are specified in the appropriate section. Both groups will perform the additional exercises for 15 minutes daily. In addition to the outcome measurement, informal feedback will be obtained from the patients and the therapists on the feasibility of the REWIRE system.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• first stroke
• first admission to inpatient rehabilitation

Exclusion criteria

• less than 25 points scored on the Mini-Mental State Examination
• inability to walk independently

Trial design

Primary purpose: Device Feasibility

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental

Experimental group

Description:

Regular neurophysiotherapy plus REWIRE exercises

Treatment:

Device: REWIRE

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Regular neurophysiotherapy plus standing balance exercises

Treatment:

Other: Balance exercises