View clinical trials related to Gait Disorders, Neurologic.
Filter by:At the foot and ankle group at the Department of Orthopaedics, Uppsala University Hospital, the routine is to perform a tendon transfer of peroneus longus to brevis in case of a ruptured peroneus brevis tendon in the ankle. The reports of patient outcome from this surgery varies in different studies. The aim of the current study is to analyse how well the patients think their general health has improved after the surgery, and how they perceive that the foot function has changed after the surgery. In an objective way the changes in gait after surgery will be measured with gait analysis.
Clinical trial on the physical and psychological effects of Horse Assisted Rehabilitation after the treatment of cancer in children 4 to 18 years of age.
Every year 1.7 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the United States and of these, 84 % are considered mild TBI (mTBI). mTBI is common both in civilian and military populations and can be debilitating if symptoms do not resolve after injury. Balance problems are one of the most common complaints after sustaining a mTBI and often prevent individuals from returning to their previous quality of life. However, the investigators currently lack clear guidelines on when to initiate physical therapy rehabilitation and it is unclear if early physical therapy is beneficial. The investigators believe that the underlying problem of imbalance results from damage to parts of the brain responsible for interpreting sensory information for balance control. The investigators hypothesize that retraining the brain early, as opposed to months after injury, to correctly interpret sensory information will improve recovery. The investigators also believe this retraining is limited when rehabilitation exercises are performed incorrectly, and that performance feedback from wearable sensors, can improve balance rehabilitation. There are three objectives of this study: 1) to determine how the timing of rehabilitation affects outcomes after mTBI; 2) to determine if home monitoring of balance exercises using wearable sensors improves outcomes; and 3) to develop a novel feedback system using wearable sensors to provide the physical therapist information, in real-time during training, about quality of head and trunk movements during prescribed exercises. The findings from this research could be very readily adopted into military protocols for post-mTBI care and have the potential to produce better balance rehabilitation and quality of life for mTBI patients and their families.
Freezing of gait (FOG) is arguably one of the most debilitating motor symptoms experienced by individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD). FOG may be caused by an overload of cognitive, limbic, and sensorimotor system activity in the basal ganglia. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to evaluate cognitive, limbic, and sensorimotor therapies in individuals with FOG. Participants in this study will undergo all three types of treatments in a randomized counterbalanced order. Each treatment will occur in 1 hour sessions, twice weekly for a period of 4 weeks.