Comparison of the Effects of Ordinary and Differential Learning Based Physiotherapy on Subjects With Ischemic Stroke Torso Control, Balance and Gait in the Second Phase of Rehabilitation

NCT ID: NCT04985162

Last Updated: 2021-08-16

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 20 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-09-01
• Study Completion Date: 2021-03-12

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study was to assess the effect or ordinary and differential learning based physiotherapy for torso control, balance and gait on subjects with ischemic stroke in the second phase of rehabilitation

Detailed Description

Ischemic stroke is still the second most common cause of death and one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. Half of all individuals with ischemic stroke do not regain lost body functions until the end of life. Individuals with ischemic stroke are most likely to have impaired cognitive, sensory, and motor functions, but the greatest challenge for health care professionals is impaired motor skills caused by motor nerve cell damage. In order to minimize the degree of disability, it is important to respond quickly to a person's condition. Because it has been shown that lost functions can be taken over by adjacent, non-stroke-affected areas of the cerebral cortex, early rehabilitation is a key factor that can help prevent function limitation by acting in conjunction with spontaneous recovery of body function.

The aim of the study is to assess the effect or ordinary and differential learning based physiotherapy for torso control, balance and gait on subjects with ischemic stroke in the second phase of rehabilitation.

The study was approved by Committee on Biomedical Research Ethics of Kaunas Region (2020-06-30 No.BEC-KN(B)-263).

Conditions

Ischemic Stroke

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Intervention

Intervention group (n=10) received differential learning based physiotherapy program: 3 times a week ordinary physiotherapy, 2 times a week differential learning based on physiotherapy, total 3 weeks

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Intervention group

Intervention Type: OTHER

Differential learning based physiotherapy to improve torso control, balance and gait

Control

Control group (n=10) received ordinary physiotherapy program 5 times a week, total 3 weeks

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Control group

Intervention Type: OTHER

Ordinary physiotherapy program

Interventions

Intervention group

Differential learning based physiotherapy to improve torso control, balance and gait

Intervention Type: OTHER

Control group

Ordinary physiotherapy program

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients rehabilitated in Neurorabilitation Departmen of Lithuanian University of Health sciences hospital Kauno Kliniko in the second stage of rehabilitation;
• Stroke for the first time;
• 45-74 m. age;
• Able to go with aids;
• Voluntary consent to participate in the study.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 45 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 74 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Lithuanian University of Health Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Laura Smilgiene

Laura Smilgiene, physiotherapist, Lithuanian University of Health Science

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Department of Rehabilitation

Kaunas, , Lithuania

Countries

Lithuania

Other Identifiers

002

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id