Strategy of Turning Performance in Individuals With Stroke

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Other: Upper limb and trunk training; Other: Exergame-based balance training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06000904

NYCU112118AF

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a single-blind randomized controlled trial study. Thirty individuals with chronic stroke will be recruited and randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. Subjects in the experimental group will receive exergame-based balance training, while subjects in the control group will receive upper limb and trunk training. Both groups will undergo a four-week intervention consisting of three sessions per week, each lasting 60 minutes.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• aged ≥18 years
• single incident of stroke
• stroke duration of at least 6 months
• lower limb Brunnstrom motor recovery stage between level three and five
• Functional Ambulation Categories scale ≥3

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals with cognitive impairmen (the Mini-Mental State Examination with a score below 24)
• visual or auditory impairments
• communication disorders
• other neurological diseases affecting motor performance, or any orthopedic conditions that could influence walking ability
• contraindications to physical activity, such as angina or uncontrolled hypertension

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Exergame-based balance training group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Exergame-based balance training

Upper limb and trunk training group

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Upper limb and trunk training