Locomotor Training for Neurological Disease

Completed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Stroke, Hemiparesis

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether split belt training can be used to treat walking pattern deficits from stroke and to determine whether different schedules and types of long term training on a custom split belt treadmill are likely to change/improve walking symmetry.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01288040

Run by

Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc.

People needed

92

Starts

2011-01-01

Expected to finish

2015-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-01

Who can join

Age: 2 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• stroke or hemiparesis
• able to walk but has residual gait deficit (including those who walk with a cane or walker
• This is their first and only stroke
• Able to walk for 5 minutes at their self-paced speed
• Children age 2-17; Adults age 18-80

You may not qualify if…

• Cerebellar signs (e.g.ataxic hemiparesis)
• Congestive heart failure
• Peripheral artery disease with claudication
• Pulmonary or renal failure
• Unstable angina
• Uncontrolled hypertension (>190/110 mmHg)
• Dementia
• Severe aphasia
• Orthopedic or pain conditions
• Foster children
• Pregnancy

Where it is running

• Motion Analysis Lab in the Kennedy Krieger Institute — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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