Gait Abnormalities in Individuals With Stroke: Implications to Rehabilitation

Objective

The overall goal of this study is to determine how individuals following stroke regain walking ability with goal-directed, robotic-assisted and therapist-assisted body weight supported gait retraining.

IRB Protocol Number

STU00018897

Principal Investigator(s)

Yasin Dhaher

T. George Hornby

Clinical Trial Categories

• Gait Research
• Robotics Research
• Stroke Research

Compensation

• Not Provided

Contact

Heidi Roth, DHS, NCS at 312-238-1231
or hroth@ric.org

How to Participate

• 18-85 years of age
• Medically stable with medical clearance by subject’s physician to participate
• Evidence of unilateral brain lesion confirmed by an imaging study (e.g. CT, PET or MRI)
• < 4 months post stroke
• Requires assistance to ambulate overground with or without bracing and assistive devices; or demonstrate clinically identifiable abnormal limb movement during gait
• range of motion requirements: ankle dorsiflexion ankle to 10 degrees and plantarflexion to 30 degrees, knee flexion from 0 to 120 degrees, hip flexion to 90 degrees, and hip extension to 10 degrees.