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NCT Number: NCT02619110

The Effect of Backward Walking Treadmill Training on Balance in Patient With Chronic Stroke

The purpose of this research was to discuss the effect of backward walking treadmill training on balance ability, speed of walking and cardiopulmonary fitness in patients with chronic stroke.

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Key information

Conditions

Stroke Brain Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Cerebrovascular Disorders Nervous System Diseases Vascular Diseases

Age range

60 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Kaohsiung Medical University

Kaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan

About this study

Walking training is a good method and strategy to improve postural stability, balance, gait symmetry, and increase walking ability. Generally, there are many walking training theories and methods for patients with chronic stroke and treadmill walking training is applied in recent years. Previous studies showed that patients with stroke improve the walking abilities and speed after the walking treadmill training. However, most studies have demonstrated that forward walking treadmill training improved balance and walking ability in patients with stroke, but fewer studies have investigated the effects on backward walking treadmill training. However, no studies to date have investigated the effects of backward walking treadmill training for patients with chronic stroke.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • This experiment recruited subjects with chronic stroke more than six months, whose level of Brunnstrom stage was beyond IV and who were able to walk more than eleven meters with or without assistive devices

Exclusion criteria

Treatment and study plan

backward walking treadmill training

Other

subjects accepted 30 minutes backward walking treadmill training. a week for four weeks.

Conventional physical therapy

Other

subjects accepted 30 minutes traditional physical therapy three times a week for four weeks

Primary outcomes

  1. The change of Berg Balance Scale (BBS)

    Time frame: Baseline, week 4.

Secondary outcomes

  1. The change of pulmonary function test (PFT): forced vital capacity (FVC) and Forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1)

    Time frame: Baseline, week 4.

Other outcomes

  1. Timed 10-Meter Walk Test (10 MWT)

    Time frame: 10 minutes

  2. 6-minute walk test (6 MWT)

    Time frame: 6-minute

  3. Up and Go test (TUG)

    Time frame: Baseline, week 4.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Purpose of This Study Was to Discuss on the Effects of Backward Walking Treadmill Training on Balance Ability, Speed of Walking and Cardiopulmonary Fitness for Patient With Chronic Stroke

Important dates

Study start
2014
Primary completion
2014
Study completion
2014
First posted
Dec 2, 2015
Registry last updated
Dec 2, 2015

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