CompletedNot Applicable

Effects of a Walking Intervention With Additional Weights on the Unaffected Leg in People After Stroke

France42 participantsStarted 2013-05-17

Plain-language summary

This study is designed to determine if adding daily weighted braces on the unaffected ankle may benefit to patient who have returned home compare to a placebo intervention (ankle brace without weight).

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Hemiparesis following ischemic or hemorrhagic infarct of a single hemisphere * First episode of stroke experienced \> 3 months and \< 5 years prior to study enrolment * Functional Ambulation Categories (FAC) score \> 3 \< 8 * Be able to walk few meters without physical assistance * Able to understand and follow instructions Exclusion Criteria: * Following inpatient physical rehabilitation * Experienced more than 2 falls during 3 months prior inclusion * Signs of bilateral impairments * Daily use of a wheelchair to move * Contra-indications for daily walk * Currently participating in any clinical trial with a experimental walking intervention * Severe arthrosis * Dementia

What they're measuring

Six minutes walking test

Timeframe: 3 months after the inclusion

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01952522

SponsorAssistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2016-09-08

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