Cycling With Feedback to Improve Walking After Stroke
Tests a recumbent bike with feedback on leg power in adults recovering from stroke.
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Registry title: Cycle and Stroke With Biofeedback for Power Symmetry
Key facts
- Where
- Salt Lake City, United StatesSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 70 years old?
Source: NCT06857916, who can take part
Where in United States
- University Health, Neilsen Rehabilitation HospitalSalt Lake City, United StatesTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- University of Utah
- Trial code
- NCT06857916
- Record updated
- 5 March 2025
- Original description
To determine changes in power symmetry, gait symmetry, and functional outcomes for participants' poststroke (Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility) after participating in an intervention using a recumbent cycle with power biofeedback (BFB). To determine how this intervention can impact gait asymmetry, a common disorder poststroke secondary to hemiparesis. Gait asymmetry is a difficult impairment to treat because it is difficult for both therapists and patients to perceive. Training with BFB allows for quantitative data about the power production or lack of that directly impacts safety in walking, increased energy expenditure, and decreased gait speed.Read full original descriptionShow less
Cycling Intervention With Biofeedback of Power Symmetry for Patients With Stroke in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.
To determine changes in power symmetry, gait symmetry, and functional outcomes for participants' poststroke (Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility) after participating in an intervention using a recumbent cycle with power biofeedback (BFB). To determine how this intervention can impact gait asymmetry, a common disorder poststroke secondary to hemiparesis. Gait asymmetry is a difficult impairment to treat because it is difficult for both therapists and patients to perceive. Training with BFB allows for quantitative data about the power production or lack of that directly impacts safety in walking, increased energy expenditure, and decreased gait speed.
Inclusion: they have a confirmed MCA or ACA ischemic or intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke, confirmed by CT/MRI or clinical documentation; -AND demonstrating lower extremity hemiparesis [< 100 on lower limb Motricity Index24]; 18 to 70 years of age; a Functional Ambulation Category of 2 (Dependent Level II) through 5 (Independent Level surfaces only); medical clearance to participate.
Exclusion: inability to ambulate > 150 feet prior to stroke; prior history of peripheral or central nervous system injury; cardiovascular, respiratory or metabolic instability, including unstable angina or hypertension above 200/110 at rest; uncontrolled diabetes; severe respiratory disorders that limit exercise; major cognitive impairment preventing the capability to understand training instructions; identified by inability to follow 3-step command; contractures that limit lower limb range of motion; moderate to severe hemispatial neglect according to the Kessler Foundation Neglect Assessment; severe aphasia preventing communication with the therapist.