NCT04180124

Movement Analysis of Stroke Patients When Walking on a Treadmill

Completed NA Last updated 8 April 2021

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Walking in Stroke in 25 participants. Completed in 15 September 2020.

Timeline

6 January 2020

Primary endpoint
15 September 2020

15 September 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University Ghent
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	crossover
Masking	none
Primary purpose	basic science
Enrollment	25
Start date	6 January 2020
Primary completion	15 September 2020
Estimated completion	15 September 2020
Sites	1 location across Belgium

Drugs / interventions tested

• Walking

Conditions studied

• Stroke — all drugs for Stroke →

Sponsor

University Ghent

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Stroke. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

In daily clinic, the use of treadmills to analyze the gait quality of a patient increases. The advantages of using a treadmill are that a smaller space is needed compared to a 3D lab for motion analysis, more steps can be recorded in shorter time period and patients should not start, stop or rotate during the analyses. One of the systems which can be used to perform motion analysis on a treadmill is the GRAIL. This GRAIL (Gait Real-time Analysis Interactive Lab) consists of an advanced treadmill with force sensors. Patients can walk on this treadmill with an imposed speed (fixed-speed) or at a speed determined by the patient itself (self-paced). Because not everyone is used to walk on a treadmill it is important to know if a person's walking pattern is different when he walks over ground compared to walking on the treadmill. Based on these insights, decisions can be made regarding interventions including treadmill training or this findings can be taking into account during further analysis of walking patterns on a treadmill. For this study stroke patients would be invited for an assessment on the treadmill (1 assessment moment). The movement pattern of these patients would be compared in different conditions:

* (Forward and backward) Walking at comfortable walking speed on the GAITRite
* Walking at comfortable walking speed on the treadmill in fixed speed mode
* Walking at comfortable walking speed +0.2 m/s (faster walking) on the treadmill in fixed speed mode
* Walking at comfortable walking speed on the treadmill in self-paced mode
* Backward walking at comfortable walking speed on the treadmill in fixed speed mode (only if patients are eligible to do so)

Hypotheses based on this study protocol:

* Do stroke patients walk different over ground compared to treadmill walking
* Do stroke patients walk different during treadmill walking self-paced compared to fixed speed
* Do stroke patients walk different during treadmill walking fixed speed comfortable walking speed compared to fast walking
* Is there a correlation between upper extremity impairment and arm swing

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Main Abstracts.
   · 2021 · cited 1× · PMID 35252582 · DOI 10.1177/23969873211034932