Treadmill walking with eyes covered to aid recovery after a recent stroke

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

Thirty-six adults within six months of an ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke will be randomized to one of two parallel groups. The experimental group will perform treadmill walking sessions with an opaque mask while using a Lite Gait® body-weight–support harness; the control group will follow the same protocol with eyes open. Each 20-minute walking session is delivered three times per week for six weeks as part of standard rehabilitation. Outcomes include single- and dual-task walking speed, multiple balance measures (center-of-pressure metrics, Romberg quotient, MCTSIB), gait parameters (10-meter walk, step timing and symmetry), and proprioception via joint-position sense testing.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

1. 18 years of age or older,
2. With a confirmed diagnosis of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke in sub-acute phase (stroke less than 6 months old),
3. With NIHSS scores between 1 and 15 and MoCA scores between 18 and 30
4. With a physiotherapy prescription for post Stroke rehabilitation
5. Able to walk for 20 min on a treadmill with weight reduction with pauses, able to maintain bipodal balance, able to maintain bipodal balance with eyes open and closed for 30 seconds,
6. Having expressed free, informed and written consent
7. Affiliated with a social security scheme.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients weighing over 200 kg (maximum weight permitted for use of the Lite Gait ®),
2. Patients with impaired vision:

   1. Best corrected visual acuity below 5/10 on patient examination
   2. Homonymous lateral hemianopia, quadranopia.
3. Inability to physically participate in intensive rehabilitation due to severe, unstabilized and comorbidities (heart, lung, kidney disease or diabetes), severe psychiatric disorders cancer active or under treatment.
4. Patients participating in other interventional research,
5. Pregnant or breast-feeding women,
6. Patients under guardianship.

Where it's running

• CHR Metz-Thionville Hopital Legouest
  Metz, France Recruiting

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Pauline AMSTUTZ — CHR Metz Thionville Hopital Legouest
• Study coordinator: Arpiné EL NAR, PhD
• Email: projet-recherche-clinique@chr-metz-thionville.fr
• Phone: 0033387557766

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.