Clinical trial NCT06646003: Reference Values and Determinants of 6-minute Walk Test
Official title: Reference Values and Determinants of 6-minute Walk Test Distance in Turkish Patients With Chronic Stroke: A Multicenter Cross-sectional Study
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Conditions: Stroke
Keywords: walking
Lead sponsor: Gaziler Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-10-17
Enrollment: 341
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 80
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: patients with chronic stroke

Brief summary: The first aim of this study was to investigate the reference values of 6-minute walk test (6MWT) distance in patients with chronic stroke. The second aim was to determine the factors predicting 6MWT distance in patients with chronic stroke.

Detailed description: There may be large variations in the distance of 6MWT according to the stroke severity. Investigation of factors related to 6MWT may be helpful in determining and targeting appropriate strategies for gait rehabilitation. Accordingly, the first aim of this study was to investigate the reference values of 6-minute walk test (6MWT) distance in patients with chronic stroke. The second aim was to determine the factors predicting 6MWT distance in patients with chronic stroke.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Having first ever stroke
2. The time elapsed after the stroke is more than 6 months and less than 10 years
3. 18-80 years old
4. Those who could walk independently with no assistance or device and who could walk with an intermittent or continuous light touch to assist balance or coordination

Exclusion Criteria:

Exclusion Criteria:

1. A history of severe musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, or psychiatric disease that can inhibit measurements
2. Patients who had received a neurologic diagnosis other than stroke, such as Parkinson's disease or multiple sclerosis
3. Patients with impaired level of consciousness and evidence of gross cognitive impairment (Scored below 10 points in the Mini-Mental State Examination

Primary outcomes:
measure: 6-minute walk test (6MWT)
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of one month
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Functional ambulation scale (FAC)
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of one month
measure: Brunnstrom motor recovery staging
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of one month
measure: Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS)
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of one month
measure: Beck depression inventory (BDI)
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of one month
measure: Mini-mental state examination (MMSE)
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of one month
measure: Star cancellation test
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of one month
measure: Barthel Index
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of one month
measure: Berg Balance Scale (BBS)
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of one month
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ankara
country: Turkey
facility: Ankara Gaziler Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Hospital
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