Validation of an Obstacle Course Used in Patients With Muscle Tightness

Kessler Foundation

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Traumatic Brain Injury; Spasticity; Stroke; Multiple Sclerosis; Healthy Controls

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00776048

E56806

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is being conducted to compare healthy patients versus patients with muscle tightness in their leg(s) after an acquired brain injury using walking trials time, a balance test, and foot pressure data. This data is obtained using foot pressure sensors, timers, and distance walked.

Full description

This study is being conducted to demonstrate the objective utility of the use of pedobarography as a tool to differentiate normal controls from people with spastic gait as well as having utility in objectification of treatment effect on level surfaces and on a ADA based obstacle course.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients > 18 years of age
• Must wear shoe size 5½ - 11 US womens or size 6 - 13 US mens
• For treatment group be a clinical patient being treated for lower extremity spasticity

Exclusion criteria

• Age matched controls must have no significant neurological or orthopedic disease that would effect their gait
• Clinical patients who are unable to walk for 1 minute

Trial design

40 participants in 2 patient groups

ABI

Description:

Acquired brain injury with lower limb spasticity

Healthy Controls

Description:

Age matched healthy controls