Fast Stepping in Stroke Patients for Fall Prediction and Prevention:Control Mechanisms and Clinical Implications

This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.

Sponsors and Collaborators:	National Taiwan University Hospital National Science Council, Taiwan
Information provided by:	National Taiwan University Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00167037

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to compare the balance strategy, as well as center of pressure (COP) trajectory and parameters between healthy adults and patients with hemiplegia in response to slow- and fast-speed waist- pulling perturbations in forward, left, right, and backward directions.

Condition
Stroke

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Study Type:	Observational
Study Design:	Screening, Cross-Sectional, Case Control, Retrospective/Prospective Study
Official Title:	Fast Stepping in Stroke Patients for Fall Prediction and Prevention:Control Mechanisms and Clinical Implications

Further study details as provided by National Taiwan University Hospital:

Estimated Enrollment:	60
Study Start Date:	August 1999
Estimated Study Completion Date:	July 2002

Detailed Description:

The ability to quickly respond to external perturbations is an important capacity of stroke patients to maintain dynamic balance in activities of daily living. The purpose of this study was to compare the balance strategy, as well as center of pressure (COP) trajectory and parameters between healthy adults and patients with hemiplegia in response to slow- and fast-speed waist- pulling perturbations in forward, left, right, and backward directions.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	40 Years to 75 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Healthy adults

Age ang Sex are correspond with the stroke subjects(between 40 and 75 years old)
being willing to accept one-year follow-up examination
being willing to sign an informed consent approved by the Human Subjects Committee of the National Taiwan University Hospital Stroke patients
between 40 and 75 years old
stroke confirmed by ICD-10-CM (including I60, I61, I62, I63, I67, and I69)
first stroke with single side hemiplegia and received acute treatment at NTUH
being willing to sign an informed consent approved by the Human Subjects Committee of the National Taiwan University Hospital
able to step forward, laterally and backward independently without assistive device

Excursion criteria:

Healthy adults

- having other neurological diseases, or moderate to severe neuromuscular or musculoskeletal disorders, or disorders from systematic diseases those would influence the belance or motor ability Stroke patients
having unstable vital sign, unconsciousness, or obvious cognitive, perception, and language impairment, and couldn't communicate with the experimenters
having other neurological diseases, or moderate to severe neuromuscular or musculoskeletal or cardiovascular disorders, or disorders from systematic diseases other than stroke

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00167037

Sponsors and Collaborators

National Taiwan University Hospital

National Science Council, Taiwan

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Pei-Fang Tang, PhD

National Taiwan University Hospital

More Information

Study ID Numbers:	56m3
Study First Received:	September 12, 2005
Last Updated:	September 12, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00167037
Health Authority:	Taiwan: Department of Health

Keywords provided by National Taiwan University Hospital:

Hemiplegia
Waist pulling perturbation
Reactive balance strategy
Trajectory of center of pressure
Parameters of center of pressure

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Hemiplegia
Cerebral Infarction
Stroke
Vascular Diseases

Central Nervous System Diseases
Brain Diseases
Cerebrovascular Disorders

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Nervous System Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 15, 2009