Pushing Behaviors in Individuals Post-stroke

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Other: Sitting in wheel chair; Other: Gait training on treadmill; Other: Gait training overground

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02190734

Pusher1

Details and patient eligibility

About

Some individuals demonstrate pushing behaviors after having a stroke. The purpose of this study is to see if there are immediate changes in pushing behaviors in individuals who have had a stroke before and after sitting in a wheelchair, walking on the treadmill, and walking overground.

The investigators do not think there will be a change with sitting in the wheelchair, but the investigators think there may be an improvement in pushing behaviors after walking training.

Full description

The study population of interest is primarily individuals in inpatient rehabilitation.

Enrollment: 6 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 89 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• score >0 in each subsection of the Scale for Contraversive Pushing
• admitted to the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago inpatient rehabilitation setting
• stroke within previous 180 days
• consent to participate in the study
• ambulating greater than 150' at a time prior to stroke

Exclusion criteria

• other neurologic diagnoses
• weight bearing precautions, orthopedic injuries, or other medical co-morbidities that prevent adherence to the study protocol

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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6 participants in 1 patient group

wheelchair, walking on treadmill, walking overground

Other group

Description:

Sitting in wheel chair Gait training on treadmill Gait training overground

Treatment:

Other: Sitting in wheel chair

Other: Gait training on treadmill

Other: Gait training overground