Tokyo, Dec. 23 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000060125) titled 'The Effect of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation of the Gluteus Medius combined with Gait Training in Subacute Stroke Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial' on Dec. 23.
Study Type:
Interventional
Study Design:
Basic Design - Parallel
Randomization - Randomized
Blinding - Open -but assessor(s) are blinded
Control - Placebo
Primary Sponsor:
Institute - Yohkoh rehabilitation hospital
Condition:
Condition - Stroke
Classification by malignancy - Others
Genomic information - NO
Objective:
Narrative objectives1 - To investigate the effect of combining transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) of the gluteus medius with gait training on gait performance in subacute stroke patients.
Basic objectives2 - Efficacy
Intervention:
Interventions/Control_1 - Gait training combined with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation of the gluteus medius (20 min/day, 5 days/week, for 4 weeks)
Interventions/Control_2 - Gait training (4 weeks)
Eligibility:
Age-lower limit - 20
years-old
=16 m without a walking aid or assistance
3) Within 90 days after stroke onset
Key exclusion criteria - 1) Contraindications to electrical stimulation therapy
2) Bilateral hemispheric lesions
3) Difficulty understanding instructions due to severe higher brain dysfunction or cognitive impairment
4) History of neurological disease
5) History of orthopedic disease
Target Size - 36
Recruitment Status:
Recruitment status - Preinitiation
Date of protocol fixation - 2025 Year 11 Month 18 Day
Anticipated trial start date - 2025 Year 12 Month 23 Day
Last follow-up date - 2026 Year 09 Month 30 Day
To know more, visit https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000068765
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