Lower Limb Flexor Synergy Training in Chronic Stroke
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Stroke
In brief
This study evaluates whether a 4-week exercise training program focusing on lower limb flexors can improve lower limb motor function late after stroke. It is hypothesized that there would be significant improvements in gait and strength of the flexor muscles as a result of the training. It is also hypothesized that the training effects, if any, would be retained at 4 weeks after ending the training.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03833544
- Run by
- Methodist Rehabilitation Center
- People needed
- 3
- Starts
- 2019-06-03
- Expected to finish
- 2022-11-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-05-08
Who can join
Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Time post-stroke between 6 months and 3 years
- Able to walk with or without an assistive device for 7 m independently
- Abnormal flexor synergy in both hip and knee joints (score 1 or 2) on the Fugl-Meyer Assessment Lower Extremity section II: Volitional movement within synergies (Fugl-Meyer et al., 1975)
- Walk slower than 1 m/s
- Able to understand and follow simple instructions
- Agree not to participate in strength training or supervised physical therapy during and for at least 4 weeks after the completion of training
- Previous participation in the physical therapy program for stroke without experiencing excessive symptoms (shortness of breath, headache, prolonged fatigue)
You may not qualify if…
- Current symptomatic coronary artery disease or congestive heart failure
- History of myocardial infarction
- Uncontrolled hypertension (>150/90 mm Hg)
- Lower limb fracture in the past 6 months
- Lower limb joint or muscular problems
- Acute or terminal illness
- Current participation in strength training or supervised physical therapy
Where it is running
- Methodist Rehabilitation Center — Jackson, Mississippi, United States
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