NCT07831642Not yet recruiting
Vibrotactile Feedback to Improve Walking After Stroke
Use of Vibrotactile Feedback to Increase Propulsion in Individuals With Chronic Stroke
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 21 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Stroke survivors often walk more slowly and may have difficulty producing the movements needed to walk efficiently. This study will evaluate whether vibrotactile feedback, delivered through small wearable devices that provide vibrations during walking, can help individuals with chronic stroke change specific walking movements related to walking speed, propulsion, and balance. Participants will complete a single study visit at Bucknell University. During the visit, participants will perform several walking trials with and without vibrotactile feedback and will complete common clinical mobility and balance assessments. Motion capture technology and wearable sensors will be used to measure movement during walking. The goal of this study is to better understand how vibrotactile feedback can be used to improve walking performance after stroke and to support the future development of rehabilitation approaches for stroke survivors.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 32 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 10 Sept 2026
- Start date
- 1 Nov 2026
- Primary completion date
- 31 May 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Geisinger Clinic
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT07831642
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 32
- From 1 Nov 2026 to the primary completion date, 31 May 2027
- No sites listed in no country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Prior treatment
- Lower-limb botulinum toxin injections within the previous 4 months
- Unexplained dizziness within the previous 6 months
- Fall within the previous 6 months
Other illness
- Evidence of cerebellar stroke
- Other neurological conditions
- Congestive heart failure
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Severe peripheral vascular disease
- Score greater than 1 on question 1b of the NIH Stroke Scale
- Score greater than 0 on question 1c of the NIH Stroke Scale
Other
- Pain that limits walking
- Unable to communicate with investigators
- Signs of unilateral neglect
- Currently pregnant
Who the study is looking for
- Age 18 to 85 years
- Willing and able to provide informed consent
- Single unilateral stroke at least 6 months prior to enrollment
- ICD diagnosis code for hemiparesis (I69.35X)
- Independently ambulatory (cane acceptable; orthosis may require further evaluation)
- Resting heart rate 40 to 100 beats per minute
- Resting blood pressure 90/60 to 170/90 mmHg
- Active hip extension of at least 5 degrees
- Active ankle dorsiflexion to neutral with the knee extended
Age in the registry: 18 years to 85 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
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