Stability of stroke patients with one-sided weakness while picking up objects
Studies balance in adults with one-sided weakness after stroke while picking up objects.
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Registry title: Stability of Hemiparetic Patients During a Daily Complex Task
Key facts
- Where
- Garches, FranceSee the site
Where in France
- CHU Raymond Poincaré - APHPGarches, FranceTaking people
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Trial details
- Who runs it
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
- Trial code
- NCT07082036
- Record updated
- 24 July 2025
- Original description
Among the repercussions of hemiparesis following stroke, disturbed stability is responsible for a high risk of falls. Picking up objects from the ground, frequently trained in rehabilitation due to its risk of falling and its frequency in daily life, is a task requiring balance. To date, however, it has been little studied. We suggest that stability conditions the asymmetry adopted by patients. We hypothesise that asymmetric support at the expense of the paretic lower limb provides better stability during an unstable functional task (picking up an object from the ground) compared with the symmetrical support traditionally imposed in rehabilitation.Read full original descriptionShow less
Study of the Stability of Post-stroke Hemiparetic Patients During a Task Involving Picking up an Object on the Ground. Reflection Questioning the Conventional Rehabilitation of These Patients
Among the repercussions of hemiparesis following stroke, disturbed stability is responsible for a high risk of falls. Picking up objects from the ground, frequently trained in rehabilitation due to its risk of falling and its frequency in daily life, is a task requiring balance. To date, however, it has been little studied. We suggest that stability conditions the asymmetry adopted by patients. We hypothesise that asymmetric support at the expense of the paretic lower limb provides better stability during an unstable functional task (picking up an object from the ground) compared with the symmetrical support traditionally imposed in rehabilitation.
Postural control involves stability (maintaining balance despite constraints) and orientation (posture adopted, such as the distribution of supports). Hemiparetic patients show a lack of stability and, with regard to orientation, an asymmetry in the distribution of body weight to the detriment of the paretic limb. Symmetrisation of weight distribution has been one of the predominant concepts in rehabilitation.
Inclusion: All:; Male or female ≥ 18 years; For patients :; Haemiparesis after a single unilateral hemispheric Stroke; Stroke ≥ 6 months; Asymmetry of support between the 2 lower limbs (distribution of body weight) in a standing position at the expense of the paretic lower limb > 10%; Able to stand alone, without technical aids or equipment, with feet the width of the pelvis; Able to pick up an object from the ground alone (minimum score 3/4 item 9 of the Berg Balance Scale); Patient informed and having signed a consent form; For healthy subjects:; Similar characteristics (in terms of sex, age range and BMI class) to those of one of the patients already included.
Exclusion: -.