Walking Training With Partial Body Weight Support on Static and Dynamic Surfaces in Stroke Survivers

Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Procedure: Dynamic surface; Procedure: Static surface

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02088255

CE/UCS-016/2013

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is evaluate the effects of walking training with partial body weight support on static (floor) and dynamic (treadmill) surfaces in individuals with hemiparesis due to stroke. For this purpose, two training protocols will be employed in three experimental groups: G1 will do the walking training with partial body weight support on static surfaces and G2 will do the walking training with partial body weight support on dynamic surfaces

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• One-sided hemiparesis, No heart disease (or medical clearance to participate in the study), No orthopedic impairments and / or neurological symptoms that may alter the the gait, no history of thrombophlebitis or deep vein thrombosis, Ability to understand and follow verbal commands, Can walk alone or with canes of approximately 10 m; Spasticity degree mild to moderate in the affected lower limb with levels of classification between 0 and 2 in the Ashworth spasticity scale modified

Exclusion criteria

• Heart frequency increase more than 75% of the maximum or have any other general instability during training that may lead risk for the health during the training,

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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28 participants in 2 patient groups

Static surface

Active Comparator group

Description:

The subjects will do the walking training with partial body weight support on static surface. The will be submitted to three weekly training sessions of approximately 45 minutes each , for six weeks , totaling 18 sessions

Treatment:

Procedure: Static surface

dynamic surface

Active Comparator group

Description:

The subjects will do the walking training with partial body weight support on dynamic surface. The will be submitted to three weekly training sessions of approximately 45 minutes each , for six weeks , totaling 18 sessions

Treatment:

Procedure: Dynamic surface