The Use of Brace to Retrain Hemiparetic Gait

NCT ID: NCT02082938

Last Updated: 2014-03-10

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 12 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2012-03-31
• Study Completion Date: 2014-01-31

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to verify if the incorporation of a new brace, which assists in gait rehabilitation, can contribute to the rehabilitation process for stroke patients.

Detailed Description

Objective To compare the behavior of plantar pressure peak distribution, before and after training using a brace for gait rehabilitation.

Method The brace was developed with the aim of promoting better biomechanical alignment, as well as providing proprioceptive information in order to stimulate action in the knee's flexor muscle groups, thus facilitating the activation pattern contrary to what occurs during genu recurvatum. We conducted a quasi-experimental "before and after" study with twelve hemiparetic adult patients who had genu recurvatum in the gait. The plantar pressure peaks were compared at the various moments of the study.

Conditions

Stroke Nos Without Residual Deficits

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Bracing

Bracing: the patients began four weeks of training the gait with the brace, under the guidance and observation of the physiotherapist belonging to the group of authors of this study.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Bracing

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Twice a week, for a period of 5 weeks, before the sessions in the physiotherapy clinic the patients participating in the study were asked to walk at a self-selected speed on flat ground along a corridor 50 meters long, with the brace being used for fifteen minutes of gait retraining of the affected side.

Interventions

Bracing

Twice a week, for a period of 5 weeks, before the sessions in the physiotherapy clinic the patients participating in the study were asked to walk at a self-selected speed on flat ground along a corridor 50 meters long, with the brace being used for fifteen minutes of gait retraining of the affected side.

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• the presence of hemiparesis after the stroke, with an evolution time of between 6 and 24 months, the ability to walk without using assistive aids, and the presence of genu recurvatum during the mid-stance in the gait.

Exclusion Criteria

• conditions that would preclude evaluation and training with the brace; for example, the presence of contractures or fixed deformities in the lower limbs, and moderate to severe impairments related to cognition, perception, attention, or language

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Éder Kröeff Cardoso

PT Éder Kröeff Cardoso Master Degree

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Éder K Cardoso, Master

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre

Other Identifiers

Eder01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id