NCT06090604Completed
Walking Balance Training Post-Stroke
Movement Amplification Training to Enhance Walking Balance Post-Stroke
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 26 May 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Stroke is one of the leading causes of disability in the United States, affecting \~795,000 people annually. Among ambulatory people with chronic stroke, impaired balance is common and substantially limits mobility (those with the poorest balance walk the least). This project will explore if a novel gait training intervention using a robotic device to amplify a person's self-generated movements can improve walking balance in people with chronic stroke. The development of effective interventions to increase walking balance among people with chronic stroke will positively impact quality of life and ability to participate in walking activities.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 33 (actual)
- First submitted
- 18 Sept 2023
- Start date
- 18 Aug 2023
- Primary completion date
- 2 May 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Northwestern University
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT06090604
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 33
- From 18 Aug 2023 to the primary completion date, 2 May 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Prior treatment
- enrollment in concurrent physical therapy;
Other illness
- cognitive impairment (score of ≤22/30 on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment scale);
- severe cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, or other neurological conditions affecting gait and balance.
- perinatal stroke
Other
- aphasia (score of ≥71/100 on the Mississippi Aphasia Screening Test);
- excessive spasticity in lower limbs (score of \> 3 on the Modified Ashworth Scale);
- unable to tolerate 10-min. of standing;
- use of braces/orthotics crossing the knee joint;
- known pregnancy;
- brainstem and/or cerebellar lesion
Who the study is looking for
- 18 to 80 years of age;
- diagnosis of hemiparetic stroke;
- more than 6 months post-stroke;
- ability to ambulate over ground for 10 meters with or without a single cane, and/or ankle-foot orthosis.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 85 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Unknown status |
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