Clinical trial NCT06898073: Dual-task Training During Curved Walking in Stroke Patients
Official title: Effects of Dual-task Training During Curved Walking for Cognitive Function in Stroke Patients
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Stroke Rehabilitation
Lead sponsor: Fooyin University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-03-27
Enrollment: 60
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 40
Maximum age (years): 80
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to explore the effects of curved walking training under dual-task conditions on the cognitive function and walking ability of stroke patients.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. First-time unilateral stroke
2. Age between 40 and 80 years
3. Able to walk 10 meters continuously with or without the use of assistive devices
4. Capable of following instructions and performing simple arithmetic
5. Brunnstrom stage 3 or higher

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Other neurological disease or unstable medical conditions
2. Visual field defect
3. Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) \<24 points
4. Pusher syndrome
5. Half-sided neglect
6. Expressive aphasia
7. Poorly controlled hypertension or cardiovascular disease

Primary outcomes:
measure: Mini-Mental State Examination
timeFrame: From baseline to the end of treatment at 3 weeks
measure: Trail Making Test
timeFrame: From baseline to the end of treatment at 3 weeks
measure: Walking ability with different attention loads while turning - time
timeFrame: From baseline to the end of treatment at 3 weeks
measure: Walking ability with different attention loads while turning - numbers of steps
timeFrame: From baseline to the end of treatment at 3 weeks
measure: Walking ability with different attention loads while turning - gait speed
timeFrame: From baseline to the end of treatment at 3 weeks
measure: Walking ability with different attention loads while turning - step length
timeFrame: From baseline to the end of treatment at 3 weeks
measure: Walking ability with different attention loads while turning - step time
timeFrame: From baseline to the end of treatment at 3 weeks
measure: Walking ability with different attention loads while straight-line walking - time
timeFrame: From baseline to the end of treatment at 3 weeks
measure: Walking ability with different attention loads while straight-line walking - numbers of steps
timeFrame: From baseline to the end of treatment at 3 weeks
measure: Walking ability with different attention loads while straight-line walking - gait speed
timeFrame: From baseline to the end of treatment at 3 weeks
measure: Walking ability with different attention loads while straight-line walking - step length
timeFrame: From baseline to the end of treatment at 3 weeks
measure: Walking ability with different attention loads while straight-line walking - step time
timeFrame: From baseline to the end of treatment at 3 weeks
measure: Timed up and go test
timeFrame: From baseline to the end of treatment at 3 weeks
measure: Time taken to complete the Figure-of-Eight Walk test
timeFrame: From baseline to the end of treatment at 3 weeks
measure: Numbers of steps to complete the Figure-of-Eight Walk test
timeFrame: From baseline to the end of treatment at 3 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Berg Balance Scale
timeFrame: From baseline to the end of treatment at 3 weeks
measure: Activities-Specific Balance Confidence scale
timeFrame: From baseline to the end of treatment at 3 weeks
measure: Number of falls
timeFrame: From baseline to the end of treatment at 3 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Kaohsiung
country: Taiwan
facility: Fooyin University
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