View clinical trials related to Gait Disorder, Sensorimotor.
Filter by:In our study, we tested the hypothesis of the safe effect applicability of motor training in the immersion high-tech polymodal VR system not only on the parameters of balance, gait, and motor status of the patient, but also on his cognitive functions and mental health in patients with a degree of disability no more than 3 points on a scale Rankin.
Stroke has severe debilitating neurological consequences for the victim. Within context of this study, gait disturbance is induced by disabilities in muscle weakness, abnormal muscle contraction, or postural control. Gait disturbance has an unfavorable effect on functional independence and prognosis of patients. Due to this reason, recovery in gait ability of stroke patients is considered as a very important goal in rehabilitation. Body weight supported treadmill training (BWSTT) is a task-oriented technique for gait restoration after stroke. The present study focused on the possibility of BWSTT as a special program for improving gait ability. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a BWSTT intervention useful as a short-term intensive program for chronic stroke survivors.
Gait enables individuals to move forward and is considered a natural skill. However, gait disturbances are very common in patients with burn injury. Major causes of functional impairment are pain and joint contractures. Recent studies focused on the application of robot-assisted gait training (RAGT). This study aimed to elucidate the efficacy and investigate the mechanism of motor recovery after RAGT on patients with lower extremity burn.
In the literature, most of the studies examining the gait characteristics and balance separately or examining the relationship between them are on patients with COPD. No study examining gait parameters in other obstructive pulmonary patients such as bronchiectasis and asthma was found.A convincing link between gait disturbances and falls in COPD patients is still unknown and further research is needed. Therefore, the purpose of our study; gait parameters and balance in individuals with obstructive pulmonary disease. We will also examine the relationship between gait parameters and extrapulmonary clinical indicators of these individuals.
A combination of diabetes and neuropathy can cause an altered gait, increased tissue stiffness, limited joint mobility, muscle weakness, foot deformities, thus leading to excessive plantar pressure. The presence of an increased plantar pressure and the loss of sensation is a serious risk factor in the risk of development of diabetic foot ulcers (DFU). Therefore, appropriate shoes and insoles are recommended to redistribute high peak pressure (PP) and reduce pressure time integral (PTI) . Shoe modifications and insoles, when used, is effective to prevent the recurrence of plantar ulcer. The primary aim of the study was to: explore gait characteristics, kinetics and kinematics in a cohort of patients diagnosed with diabetes, with and without neuropathy, assigned to use different types of insoles. The second aim was to assess the relation between gait characteristics, kinetics and kinematics to high plantar PP and PTI. The third aim was to compare gait characteristics, kinetics and kinematics of patients with diabetes and healthy controls.
Phase II of this study includes a pragmatic clinical trial which will take place at Northwest Rehabilitation Associates (NWRA) in Salem, OR to verify the efficacy of the system in a physical therapy clinic.
In order to tailor interventions, objective assessments of physical function is needed. A limitation of several of today's clinical assessments is that they require too much time and/or space. The Timed Up and Go (TUG) is a commonly used clinical test of physical function in older populations. The TUG is particularly useful due to its short administration time and the little space that is required. The TUG is however of limited value when used in higher-functioning older adults due to ceiling effects. Instrumented versions of TUG (iTUG) computes several outcome measures in addition to the traditional outcome measure which is the total duration. The aim of this study is to evaluate the construct- and discriminative validity of outcomes derived from sensor signals recorded with a smartphone during a five times repeated iTUG (5iTUG).
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Adaptive gait assessements will be evaluated as a potential new marker for tracking locomotor recovery throughout rehabilitation of spinal cord injury subjects. To this end, controls, subacute and chronic patients will be assessed at two timepoints with 3 month standard rehabilitation inbetween. The specific assessments will require the participant to acitvely modulate their gait pattern to fullfill specific task constraints. Their performance will be assessed via 3D kinematics, kinetics and EMG and these measures will be used to describe the adaptive capacity that the patient retains. Sensitivity and specificity of these markers will be determined. With more sensitive descriptors of gait function and quality, locomotor rehabilitation for SCI can be better designed and smaller effects can be accurately measured.
This will be a pilot study to determine if a 6 week home training program can increase preferred step rate (cadence) in recreational runners. Increase in step rate has been correlated with decreased stress at lower limb joints in runners. This has the potential of decreasing overuse injuries in this population. Research participants will have their preferred cadence evaluated at the beginning of the study. The athletes will be randomly assigned to two groups. One group will continue to train without intervention and the other group will train at a cadence of 10% higher than their preferred step rate. At the end of 6 weeks the participants will have their preferred cadence reevaluated using the same method as pre-participation cadence was determined. The investigators hypothesis the preferred running cadence of recreational runners following the intervention will be 5-10% greater than prior to the intervention and the increased cadence will be maintained for 6 months following the intervention.