Influences of Cane Use on Voluntary Forward Stepping Movement and Associated Attentional Demands in Hemiplegic Patients

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

22 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2002-08-31

Study Completion Date

2003-07-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of cane use on the movement, kinetics, and associated attentional demands of performing a voluntary forward stepping movement in patients with stroke and age-matched healthy adults.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Stroke

Keywords

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Hemiplegia Regular cane Volitional stepping Dynamic equilibrium Attention Dual task

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Healthy subjects

* Age ang Sex are correspond with the stroke subjects(between 30 and 75 years old)
* being willing to sign an informed consent approved by the Human Subjects Committee of the National Taiwan University Hospital

Stroke subjects

* between 30 and 75 years old
* stroke confirmed by ICD-10-CM (including I60, I61, I62, I63, I67, and I63.9)
* 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 stand independently for 10 minutes and to forward step without ankle-foot orthosis
* Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score at least 24

Excursion criteria:

Healthy subjects

* 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 subjects

* 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 those will influence standing ability other than stroke
* having hemi-neglect or hemi-anopia

Minimum Eligible Age

30 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Principal Investigators

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Pei-Fang Tang, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

National Taiwan University Hospital

Locations

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School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy College of Medicine, National Taiwan University

Taipei, Province of China, Taiwan

Site Status

Countries

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Taiwan

Other Identifiers

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9361700329

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id