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

Sponsor

National Taiwan University Hospital (Other)

Overall Status

Unknown status

CT.gov ID

NCT00172146

Collaborator

National Science Council, Taiwan (Other)

Enrollment

Location

Duration (Months)

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

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.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Stroke

Study Design

Study Type:

Observational

Observational Model:

Case-Control

Time Perspective:

Other

Official Title:

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

Study Start Date :

Aug 1, 2002

Study Completion Date :

Jul 1, 2003

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

30 Years to 75 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

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