Treadmill Training With Functional Electric Stimulation After Stroke

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Other: Treadmill training with functional electrical stimulation; Other: Treadmill training without functional electrical stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02812472

960053

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the treadmill training with functional electric stimulation on sensorimotor cortical reorganization and functional improvement in subjects with chronic stroke.

Enrollment: 18 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 82 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosis of unilateral hemiparesis secondary to cerebrovascular accident with post-onset duration of more than 6 months
• ability to walk independently for at least 6 meters with or without use of walking aids
• ability to follow simple verbal commands or instructions

Exclusion criteria

• unstable medical conditions
• history of other diseases known to interfere with participation in the study
• past history of a seizure
• history of skin allergy to electrode
• use of a cardiac pacemaker

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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18 participants in 2 patient groups

treadmill training with functional electrical stimulation

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects in the experimental group received additional treadmill training with functional electric stimulation for 25 minutes per session, followed by 5 minutes cool down for 12 sessions.

Treatment:

Other: Treadmill training with functional electrical stimulation

treadmill training without functional electrical stimulation

Active Comparator group

Description:

Subjects in the control group received additional treadmill training without functional electric stimulation for 25 minutes per session, followed by 5 minutes cool down for 12 sessions.

Treatment:

Other: Treadmill training without functional electrical stimulation