The Impact of Erigo®Pro Therapy and Motor Imagery on the Balance of Stroke Patients.

Anna Olczak

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Procedure: Conventional rehabilitation, the Erigo®Pro table, motor imagery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06276075

10/KRN/2020

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to examine the impact of motor imagery, Erigo®Pro tilt table intervention, and classic rehabilitation on the balance of people after a stroke.

Full description

DESIGN: randomized observational study. SETTING: A hospital Rehabilitation Department. POPULATION: Sixty-six post-stroke patients mean, 64.85 ± 18.62 years. METHODS: 66 stroke patients were randomly assigned to three groups (22 people each) with different therapies (conventional, with the addition of Erigo®Pro and enriched with motor imagery). The therapy duration was two weeks. Patients underwent assessment before and after completion of therapy. The study used the Trunk Stability Test, Berg Balance Scale to assess balance, as well as the Riablo device to measure static balance. Additionally, an evaluation of the superficial tension of the transverse abdominis and multifidus muscles was conducted.

Enrollment: 66 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 38 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1) patients 6-8 weeks post-stroke, 2) aged 38-85 years, mean, 3) males and females, 4) walking with or without assistance (modified Rankin scale = 3), 5) with slight neurological deficits (NIHSS ≤7).

Exclusion criteria

1) stroke up to six weeks after the episode, 2) epilepsy, 3) no possibility to sit and stand, 4) persistent deficit of speech and cognitive functions, lack of attention, 5) visual disturbances, 6) depression, 7) high or very low blood pressure, dizziness, malaise.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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66 participants in 3 patient groups

Conventional rehabilitation

Experimental group

Description:

patients performed daily physiotherapy, which included intensive preparatory training for standing and sitting positions, strengthening exercises, weight-bearing exercises, and balance and coordination exercises (from 40 to 60 minutes of therapy).

Treatment:

Procedure: Conventional rehabilitation, the Erigo®Pro table, motor imagery

Erigo®Pro

Experimental group

Description:

effective therapy included 1 session on a tilting table at an angle of 42° for 20 minutes, 5 times a week (Monday to Friday) at a speed of 32 steps per minute, followed by a physiotherapy session for two weeks.

Treatment:

Procedure: Conventional rehabilitation, the Erigo®Pro table, motor imagery

motor imagery (MI)

Experimental group

Description:

in addition to conventional physiotherapy, activity imagery during passive walking on the Erigo®Pro table was introduced. During the exercises on the table, the patients wore headphones that blocked out any external sounds, closed their eyes and their task was to imagine the sensation of their body moving (first-person imagination), differentiating the idea of walking in various real environments (park, forest, beach, snow, streets). in the city, walking at different speeds, going up and down stairs, running, etc.)

Treatment:

Procedure: Conventional rehabilitation, the Erigo®Pro table, motor imagery