Walking through an aperture while leading paretic side training for patients with unilateral spatial neglect

UMIN ID: UMIN000043986

Registered date:21/04/2021

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Stroke
• Date of first enrollment: 2018/08/10
• Target sample size: 10
• Countries of recruitment: Japan
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): In the intervention periods for three weeks, participants through a narrow aperture (0.9, 1.0.1.1, 1.2 times of their shoulder width) in the walking path of 5 m, five times a week for 40 minutes. If they decide that it is necessary to rotate, they penetrate an aperture from the paretic side. In the control or follow up periods for three weeks, participants received regular physical therapy intervention.

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: The mean percentage of contacts with the frame of an aperture (The timing of the measurement is before and after the intervention)
• Secondary Outcome: The following assessment excluding the falls incident is carried out before and after the intervention. 10m walking test (10MWT) Timed up and Go Test (TUG) Berg Blance Scale (BBS) Catherine Bergego Scale (CBS) Walking speed and trunk rotation angle at the time of passage

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: Not applicable
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Male and Female
• Exclude criteria: The exclusion criteria ensured that none of the participants had any indications of the following symptoms: (a) neurological, orthopedic, or other disorders that could affect walking, and (b) a score of less than 24 on the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE)

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Kameda Medical Center
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science