Is the 6-Minute Walking Test Combined With an IMU Useful in Stroke Rehabilitation Assessment?

Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus Foundation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Gait Analysis; Stroke; Physical Therapy Modalities

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Inertial Measurement Unit evaluation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04529642

JP-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

This Observational study aims at the evaluation of stroke subjects with an inertial measurement unit (IMU) during the execution of a 6-Minute Walking test, to evaluate the associations between the kinematic parameters retrieved trough an IMU and the classical outcome scales. Moreover compare the stroke subjects with age-matched healthy subjects, and detect the differences of gait kinematic.

Enrollment: 46 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Stroke Group

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age >= 18;
• Mini-Mental State Examination ≥ 24;
• Ability to provide written informed consent and to understand the test instructions;
• Presence of a single stroke.

Exclusion Criteria:

• More than one stroke;

  . Stroke area other than the cerebral cortex;

• Concomitant neurological disease and pathology of the locomotor system.

Healthy Group

Inclusion Criteria:

• Volunteers with age similar to the Stroke group subjects

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any disease that could affect the performance in terms of metres walked and quality of gait.

Trial design

46 participants in 2 patient groups

Stroke Group

Description:

Inclusion criteria were as follows: age above 18, Mini-Mental State Examination ≥ 24, ability to provide written informed consent and to understand the test instructions, and the presence of a single stroke. Exclusion criteria were as follows: more than one stroke, stroke area other than the cerebral cortex, or concomitant neurological disease and pathology of the locomotor system. This group has been analysed also dividing the subjects according to the stroke phase in 3 subgroups: Acute phase group, Subacute phase group, Chronic stroke group

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Inertial Measurement Unit evaluation

Healthy Group

Description:

Healthy subjects age matched with the stroke group

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Inertial Measurement Unit evaluation