Body Awareness Therapy for People With Stroke

Stroke Clinical Trial

Official title:

Body Awareness Therapy for People With Stroke

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01613339
• Other study ID #: AF-1-2011
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 2011
• Est. completion date: February 2013

Study information

• Verified date: May 2018
• Source: Örebro County Council
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Affected balance capacity is common after a stroke due to paresis and sensory disturbances. The affected balance capacity may cause walking disturbances, falls and decreased mobility. Balance may be improved by physical therapy. A possible method for balance training is body awareness therapy, that was introduced in Sweden by Jacques Dropsy and Gertrud Roxendal. Earlier body awareness therapy was mostly used in psychiatric care but in the recent years the method has been used for people with long-tern pain, amputations and multiple sclerosis. Body awareness therapy includes exercises in lying, sitting and standing. Focus of the exercises are awareness of one´s movement behaviour, breathing patterns, resources and limitations. Postural control is an essential part in the exercises. Body awareness therapy could be used for people with stroke as a way to improve postural control. The aim of this study is to investigate if balance training using body awareness therapy can improve balance and walking in people after stroke. The interventions consists of body awareness therapy once a week for 8 weeks.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 46
• Est. completion date: February 2013
• Est. primary completion date: February 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosed stroke more than 6 months ago. Walking capacity of 100 meter with or without assistive device.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Medical or cognitive impairment that prohibits participating in the intervention.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Stroke

Intervention

Other:
• Balance training using Body awareness therapy
Once a week, 1 hour for 8 weeks.Body awareness training may be performed by physiotherapist. Exercises are performed in standing, sitting and lying. Example of exercises are weight-balancing in standing and relaxation exercises.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Sweden	Primary Health Care Centres	Örebro

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Örebro County Council	Norrbacka-Eugenia Foundation

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Sweden, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Bergs Balance Scale	Test of functional balance. Includes 14 items all graded 0-4 where 0 indicate larger impairment. Total score is used here, maximum 56 and minimum 0.; The Berg balance scale was developed for older patients but is a much used meausure of dynamic and static functional balance.	Change from baseline in Bergs balance scale at 9 weeks
Secondary	Timed Up and Go Test	test of functional mobility. Time is taken in seconds. The participants sits on a chair with armrests are then asked to rise, walk 3 meters, turn and walk back and sit down.	Change from baseline in Timed Up and Go test at 9 weeks
Secondary	Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale	16 item questionnaire that investigates balance self-efficacy. Each items is a question; How secure are you that you will not fall when you...sweep the floor? The participant are asked to grade his/hers feeling of secutiry from 0, 10, 20 and so on up to 100. 0 is regarded low balance self-efficacy. The item responses are summed and divided by 16.	Change from baseline in Activities-specific Balance confidence scale at 9 weeks