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

Sponsor

Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT02619110

Collaborator

(none)

Enrollment

Location

Arms

Duration (Months)

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

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.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Stroke	Other: backward walking treadmill training Other: conventional physical therapy	N/A

Detailed Description

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.

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

30 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Masking:

None (Open Label)

Official 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

Study Start Date :

Feb 1, 2014

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Dec 1, 2014

Actual Study Completion Date :

Dec 1, 2014

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Other: backward walking treadmill training The intervention group not only received four weeks of conventional physical therapy but also accepted additional four weeks of backward walking treadmill training at the same time	Other: backward walking treadmill training subjects accepted 30 minutes backward walking treadmill training. a week for four weeks. Other: conventional physical therapy subjects accepted 30 minutes traditional physical therapy three times a week for four weeks
Other: conventional physical therapy The conventional physical therapy training focused on strengthening, postural control, functional mobility and forward gait training program but excluded backward walking training	Other: conventional physical therapy subjects accepted 30 minutes traditional physical therapy three times a week for four weeks

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Other: backward walking treadmill training

The intervention group not only received four weeks of conventional physical therapy but also accepted additional four weeks of backward walking treadmill training at the same time

Other: backward walking treadmill training

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

Other: conventional physical therapy

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

Other: conventional physical therapy

The conventional physical therapy training focused on strengthening, postural control, functional mobility and forward gait training program but excluded backward walking training

Other: conventional physical therapy

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

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

The change of Berg Balance Scale (BBS) [Baseline, week 4.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

The change of pulmonary function test (PFT): forced vital capacity (FVC) and Forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) [Baseline, week 4.]

Other Outcome Measures

Timed 10-Meter Walk Test (10 MWT) [10 minutes]
6-minute walk test (6 MWT) [6-minute]
Up and Go test (TUG) [Baseline, week 4.]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

60 Years to 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

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:

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Kaohsiung Medical University	Kaohsiung		Taiwan	807

Sponsors and Collaborators

Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

Investigators

Study Chair: Lan Y Guo, Ph.D, Department of Sports Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT02619110

Other Study ID Numbers:

KMUH-IRB-20130288

First Posted:

Dec 2, 2015

Last Update Posted:

Dec 2, 2015

Last Verified:

Feb 1, 2015

Keywords provided by Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

Chronic Stroke

cardiopulmonary

Berg Balance Scale (BBS)

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Stroke

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Dec 2, 2015