Effect of curved carbon cane use in patients with hemiplegic stroke

UMIN ID: UMIN000055612

Registered date:30/09/2024

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: stroke
• Date of first enrollment: 2024/09/30
• Target sample size: 20
• Countries of recruitment: Japan
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): Gait exercise with a curved carbon cane for at least 20 minutes per day for 2 weeks.

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: step length
• Secondary Outcome: walking speed, cadence, walking pattern (joint angle, trajectory for center of gravity, spatial-temporal parameters) physical function assessment (Stroke Impairment Assessment Set (SIAS), Standing test for Imbalance and DisEquilibrium (SIDE), Timed Up & Go Test (TUG), Functional Ambulation Categories (FAC)), Functional Independence Measure (FIM)

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: Not applicable
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Male and Female
• Exclude criteria: Severe cognitive impairment, bilateral motor dysfunction, brain damage limited to the cerebellum, history of a condition that may affect walking (neurological disease, spinal cord injury, severe osteoarthritis, etc.), severe visual or hearing impairment, use of a forearm-supporting cane, restriction of exercise load due to severe medical disease (myocardial infarction, heart failure, etc.), body weight over 100 kg

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology
• Secondary Sponsor: Syupoon Inc.
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology,Syupoon Inc.