Step Test and Six Minute Walk Test in Stroke

Stroke Clinical Trial

Official title:

Comparação Entre o Teste de Caminhada de Seis Minutos e o Teste do Degrau de Seis Minutos em Pacientes Com Acidente Vascular Encefálico

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01436630
• Other study ID #: TDS-2809
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 16, 2011
• Last updated: September 19, 2011
• Start date: February 2010
• Est. completion date: December 2010

Study information

• Verified date: September 2011
• Source: Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the viability of using the Step Test (ST) in stroke patients, and to compare the functional performance of the physiologic variables in stroke patients during ST and Six Minute Walk Test (6MWT).

Description:

To accomplish the study it was assessed a group of 12 post-stroke patients who were admitted in the Rehabilitation Clinic inside the University. As inclusion criteria it was established to be able to walk alone without supervision and with no aids.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 12
• Est. completion date: December 2010
• Est. primary completion date: November 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• To be able to walk alone without supervision and with no aids.

Exclusion Criteria:

• There were no.

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Stroke

Intervention

Other:
• Step Test and Six Minute Walk.
The 6 Minute Walk Test (6MWT) was conducted in a level corridor 30 meters long and 5 meters wide. Before and after testing were measured O2 saturation (SatO2) and heart rate (HR), respiratory rate (RR), blood pressure (BP), the Double Product (DP), a measure of myocardial oxygen consumption, was calculated as the product of HR and systolic BP, and the sensation of dyspnea and fatigue of the lower limbs using the Borg scale, and performing the record turns traveled, each 30 meters is considered a covered back. To calculate the predicted distance, the investigators use the formula described by American Thoracic Society (ATS) knowing the weight, age and height of participants. The Step Test (ST) was conducted in six minutes for it to be compared to the 6MWT.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas	São Paulo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Physiological Variables	Will be assessed Blood Pressure (BP), Heart Rate (HR), Breathing, Feeling of fatigue and dyspnea with the Borg scale, and the Double Product.	6 months	Yes
Secondary	Performance	Will be evaluated through the correlation between the number of ascents on the step and the distance covered in walking test.	6 months	Yes