Balance Rehabilitation With Sensory Recalibration After Stroke (NCT01677091) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedNot Applicable
Balance Rehabilitation With Sensory Recalibration After Stroke
France114 participantsStarted 2013-05-05
Plain-language summary
The main objective of this study is to test the effectiveness of a rehabilitation program with cervical vibration and/or prism adaptation in patients with left hemiplegia on balance.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years – 80 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Right unilateral supratentorial ischemic or hemorrhagic lesion
* Adult (age ≥ 18 years) under 80 years
* Stroke
* older than 9 months
* with or without hemianopsia
* with or without visuospatial hemineglect
* The first symptomatic episode
* Standing balance ≥ 30 sec unaided
* Percentage of weight rests on the hemiplegic lower limb below 40% of body weight (on a platform of strength)
* Written informed consent of the patient or a member of his entourage (in the case of patients with motor difficulties)
Exclusion Criteria:
* Orthopedic, rheumatologic or visual disorders affecting the distribution of the center of pressure while standing
* Visual disorder that does not allow assessment of the longitudinal axis or visual straight ahead
* Ischemic or hemorrhagic brain stem lesion
* Trouble for understanding protocol procedures
Inclusion Criteria for the healthy volunteers (ancillary study) :
* Age ≥ 18 years, right-handed, sex and age-matched (+/- 5 years) to the patients of the coordinating center
* Able to get an MRI
* With no imbalance
* With no visual disorder impacting the repartition of the center of pression when standing up, or that does not allow assessment of the longitudinal axis or visual straight ahead
* Written informed consent
What they're measuring
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The primary outcome is the deviation of the mean position of center of pressure (CP) (eyes closed) on the mediolateral axis (mm) assessed by posturography after intervention.