NCT07087769Recruiting
Optimizing Gait Symmetry After Stroke Using Mechanical Constraints and Sensory Feedback
Optimizing Post-Stroke Gait Symmetry: Integrating Mechanical Constraints and Sensory Feedback to Enhance Paretic Leg Propulsion
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 1 Apr 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This single-session study aims to evaluate a novel gait training protocol that integrates mechanical constraints and sensory feedback to enhance paretic leg propulsion in individuals post-stroke. The study will include 15 individuals who have experienced a stroke and 15 healthy adults, each aged 20 years or older. Participants will walk on both tied-belt and split-belt treadmills under various training conditions, including backward-directed resistance (applied at the pelvis, ankle, or both) and real-time sensory feedback (visual, auditory, or combined). These interventions will be applied individually and in combination to identify the most effective environment for promoting symmetrical gait patterns. Each session will last approximately two hours. The equipment used is non-invasive, and the risk to participants is minimal.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 30 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 9 Jul 2025
- Start date
- 25 Jul 2025
- Primary completion date
- 1 Dec 2026
- Lead sponsor
- The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT07087769
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 30
- From 25 Jul 2025 to the primary completion date, 1 Dec 2026
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Other illness
- Poorly controlled diabetes (e.g., foot ulceration)
- Progressive neurological disease
- Medically unstable condition
- Congestive heart failure or unstable angina
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Severe neuropsychiatric conditions (e.g., dementia, cognitive deficits, severe depression)
Other
- Life expectancy less than one year
- Comatose or unable to follow three-step commands
- Amputation of any lower limb
- Blindness
- Significant musculoskeletal impairments affecting gait
Who the study is looking for
- Aged 20 years or older
- For stroke group: clinical diagnosis of stroke at least 1 month prior to participation
- Ability to walk at least 10 meters with or without assistive devices
- For healthy group: able to walk independently without assistive devices
Age in the registry: 20 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Texas Medical Branch Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Galveston | United States | Recruiting |
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