Tests visual feedback leg training against standard exercise after stroke
Compares visual feedback leg training with ball exercises in adults with stroke-related weakness.
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Registry title: fNIRS-Driven Visual Feedback Training to Restore Walking After Stroke
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- Rehabilitation Center of Shengjing Hospital, China Medical UniversityShenyang, ChinaTaking people
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Trial details
- Who runs it
- Shengjing Hospital
- Trial code
- NCT07014891
- Record updated
- 24 June 2025
- Original description
The objective of this clinical trial is to investigate whether intelligent visual feedback-based lower limb motor control training is more effective than conventional rehabilitation training in promoting walking ability recovery among stroke patients with hemiplegia. The trial aims to address the primary question of the impact of intelligent visual feedback motor control training on the walking function of stroke patients with hemiplegia, and uses three-dimensional gait analysis for precise quantitative evaluation of therapeutic effects. Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) will be employed to explore patients' cerebral functional connectivity and cortical activation, and to analyze the correlation between fNIRS data and walking function scores (such as those from three-dimensional gait analysis), providing effective methods and a reliable reference basis for rehabilitation training of post-stroke hemiplegic patients.Read full original descriptionShow less
A Study on Visual Feedback Motor Control Training Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) Brain Functional Imaging for Walking Function Recovery in Stroke Patients
The objective of this clinical trial is to investigate whether intelligent visual feedback-based lower limb motor control training is more effective than conventional rehabilitation training in promoting walking ability recovery among stroke patients with hemiplegia. The trial aims to address the primary question of the impact of intelligent visual feedback motor control training on the walking function of stroke patients with hemiplegia, and uses three-dimensional gait analysis for precise quantitative evaluation of therapeutic effects. Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) will be employed to explore patients' cerebral functional connectivity and cortical activation, and to analyze the correlation between fNIRS data and walking function scores (such as those from three-dimensional gait analysis), providing effective methods and a reliable reference basis for rehabilitation training of post-stroke hemiplegic patients.
Participants will be randomly divided into two groups: the experimental group receiving intelligent visual feedback motor control training, and the control group receiving Bobath ball training, 20 minutes per day, 5 days per week, for a total of four weeks. Before and after the treatment, indicators including fNIRS brain functional imaging, three-dimensional gait analysis, and Fugl-Meyer Assessment will be evaluated.
Inclusion: 1: Vital signs are stable, with no severe cardiopulmonary diseases, making the patient suitable for exercise testing; 2: All patients are diagnosed with stroke by head CT or MRI, with clinical manifestations of unilateral limb hemiplegia; 3: The Brunnstrom stage of the lower limb is 3-5, quadriceps muscle strength is ≥ grade 3, modified Ashworth scale for the lower limb is < grade 2, and Hoffer walking scale is ≥ grade 2; 4: This is their first onset of the disease, with a disease course of ≤ 6 months, and the condition is stable; 5: Patients have no severe cognitive impairment or sensory aphasia, can understand and actively participate in the training program, and have provided informed consent by signing the consent form for this clinical study; 6: Age: 18-75 years old, no gender restrictions.
Exclusion: 1: Patients with tumors, tuberculosis, hematological diseases, or functional impairments of vital organs such as the heart or liver; 2: Those with lower limb musculoskeletal disorders, such as knee arthritis or lower limb fractures; 3: Individuals with severe abnormal muscle tone in the limbs or joint contracture deformities; 4: Patients experiencing severe pain that prevents them from tolerating physical activity; 5: Special populations, such as individuals with mental illnesses, breastfeeding women, or pregnant women.