NCT06400186Recruiting
Movement Amplification Gait Training to Enhance Walking Balance Post-Stroke
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 14 Aug 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Stroke is a leading cause of disability in the United States, affecting approximately 795,000 people annually. The Veteran's Health Administration provides over 60,000 outpatient visits for stroke-related care annually at a cost of over $250 million. Among ambulatory people with chronic stroke (PwCS), impaired balance is a common health concern that substantially limits mobility (those with the worst balance walk the least). This project will explore adaptive strategies employed by PwCS in balance challenging environments and if a novel gait training intervention using a robotic device to amplify a person's self-generated movements can improve walking balance. The development of effective interventions to increase walking balance among PwCS will positively impact Veterans' health, quality of life, and ability to participate in walking activities.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 30 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 26 Apr 2024
- Start date
- 15 Aug 2024
- Primary completion date
- 31 Dec 2026
- Lead sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT06400186
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 30
- From 15 Aug 2024 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2026
- 2 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Prior treatment
- Concomitant central or peripheral neurological injury (i.e. traumatic head injury or peripheral nerve damage in lower limbs) affecting gait and balance
- Enrollment in concurrent physical therapy or research involving gait or balance training
Other illness
- Presence of cognitive impairment (score of 22/30 on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment scale (MoCA))
- Severe cardiovascular and pulmonary disease affecting gait and balance
- History of recurrent fractures or known orthopedic problems in the lower extremities (i.e. heterotopic ossification) affecting gait and balance
Other
- Presence of aphasia (score of 71/100 on the Mississippi Aphasia Screening Test (MAST))
- Excessive spasticity in lower limbs (score of \> 3 on the Modified Ashworth Scale
- Evidence of cerebellar ataxia
- Presence of unhealed decubiti or other skin compromise
- Use of braces/orthotics crossing the knee joint
- Known pregnancy
Who the study is looking for
- History of chronic stroke (more than 6 months post-stroke) with weakness on one side
- Ability to ambulate over ground for 10 meters with or without a single cane, and/or ankle-foot orthosis
- Ability to tolerate 10 minutes of standing
Age in the registry: 18 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Not yet recruiting |
| Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hines | United States | Recruiting |
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