Corrective exercises with rhythmic sound cues after stroke, for balance and walking
Tests corrective exercises paired with rhythmic sound cues in people after a stroke.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Riphah International University
- Where
- Lahore, PakistanSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Stroke: Corrective Exercises + Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation for Balance, Gait, Motor Performance & Quality of Life.
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- People taking part
- 32 people, planned
- Started
- May 2026
- Planned end
- 1 Aug 2026
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Standard corrective exercises
- Rhythmic auditory stimulation
- Record updated
- 11 May 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults aged 40-60 who have had a first stroke in the subacute phase, with weakness on one side and walking problems.
- Age
- 40 to 60 years
- Sex
- Both men and women can join.
- Disease stage
- Subacute ischemic stroke with weakness on one side of the body (hemiplegia/hemiparesis), first-time stroke or no lasting effects of an earlier stroke, walking problems with a Tinetti score under 23, and hyperkyphosis (a rounded upper back).
Main reasons for not taking part
- Unwilling to cooperate
- Independent walkers
- Moderate to severe cognitive disorder
- Any other neurologic condition
- Visual, hearing or verbal problems, or significant orthopedic or chronic pain affecting walking
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Age range 40-60 years old
- Both male and female
- Patients with subacute ischemic stroke (hemiplegia)
- They had no history of back pain or any special injury
- Diagnosis of a first-time stroke or without a sequel of a previous stroke
- Hemiparesis with gait disturbance, Tinetti score < 23 after the stroke
- Older adults with hyperkyphosis
Who cannot take part
- Moderate to severe cognitive disorder
- Participants with significant orthopedic or chronic pain conditions affecting gait performance
- Any other neurologic condition
- Unwillingness to cooperate
- Injury during exercise or training period
- Absence in at least 3 sessions of training
- Independent walkers
- Visual, hearing, verbal, and cognitive deficits
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 40 and 60 years old?
Where in Pakistan
- Riphah Rehab Centre and University of Lahore UOLLahore, PakistanContact: Farwa Kaynat, MS-PT (principal investigator)No longer taking part
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The aim of this study is to determine the effects of corrective exercises with rhythmic auditory stimulation on balance, motor performance, gait and quality of life in patients with stroke.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Standard corrective exercisesExisting treatment, for comparison
Standard corrective exercises with conservative treatment.
- Rhythmic auditory stimulationTreatment being tested
Rhythmic auditory stimulation protocol along with the corrective exercises.
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?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Effects of Corrective Exercises With Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation on Balance, Motor Performance, Gait and Quality of Life in Patients With Stroke.
- Plain-language title
- Corrective exercises with rhythmic sound cues after stroke, for balance and walkingGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT07578818, who can take part
- Record updated
- 11 May 2026