NCT07798388Recruiting
Optimizing Gait Rehabilitation After Stroke
Optimizing Gait Rehabilitation After Stroke: Neuromechanical Understanding and the Role of VR Feedback to Improve Arm Swing Functionality
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 21 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Following a cerebrovascular accident (CVA, also known as a stroke), hemiparesis occurs on the side opposite to the brain injury. This can lead to problems with walking and balance, as well as with arm movements whilst walking. The arm swing serves several important functions whilst walking, such as improving your balance and energy efficiency, and a good arm swing helps to reduce the likelihood of falling if you lose your balance. That is why regaining the ability to walk independently with the best possible arm swing is a key goal during rehabilitation for people who have had a stroke. This ensures that the risk of falling is minimised and that people can resume their daily lives as effectively as possible. The aim of this study is to gain a better understanding of the abnormalities in arm swing whilst walking in people who have had a stroke, and how we can influence them. To identify these abnormalities, we use surface electromyography, a painless technique that allows us to measure muscle activity whilst walking. To do this, we attach sensors to the muscles whose activity we wish to record. During this study, we are measuring both people who have had a stroke and healthy adults, in order to detect the effects of a stroke on this muscle activity. The data from the healthy adults will be used to investigate whether we observe different muscle activity in people who have had a stroke.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 93 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 22 Jun 2026
- Start date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Primary completion date
- 30 Jun 2028
- Lead sponsor
- University Hospital, Ghent
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT07798388
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 93
- From 2 Sept 2026 to the primary completion date, 30 Jun 2028
- 3 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Prior treatment
- Injuries of the upper and/or lower limbs that occurred six months or less prior to the time of testing
Other illness
- Pre-existing neurological disorders that affect motor function (e.g., Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, dementia, etc.)
- Pre-existing orthopaedic disorders of the upper and/or lower limbs (e.g., shoulder prosthesis, knee prosthesis, etc.)
- Pre-existing neurological disorders that affect motor function (e.g., Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, dementia, etc.)
- Pre-existing orthopaedic disorders of the upper and/or lower limbs (e.g., shoulder prosthesis, knee prosthesis, etc.)
Other
- Lesions located in the cerebellum
- Inability to provide written informed consent
- Inability to understand instructions (AbilityQ: verbal \< 3/4 and VAS \< 3/3)
- Current pain or ROM limitations at the time of testing
- Inability to provide written informed consent
Who the study is looking for
- First-ever ischemic or haemorrhagic stroke
- Able to walk independently (FAC ≥ 3)
- Able to walk at least ten minutes
- No full recovery of the paretic upper limb (FMA-UL \< 66)
- Able to follow simple instructions during the assessment
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (3)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| UHasselt - Faculteit Revalidatiewetenschappen Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Diepenbeek | Belgium | Not yet recruiting |
| Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Edegem | Belgium | Not yet recruiting |
| University Hospital Ghent (UZ Gent), Belgium Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ghent | Belgium | Recruiting |
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