Inpatient Rehabilitation and Post-Discharge Outcomes With High Intensity Gait Training (HIGT) of Patients With Stroke
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Official title
Inpatient Rehabilitation and Post-Discharge Outcomes of Patients With Stroke Participating in High Intensity Gait Training
Brief summary
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Stroke is a major cause of disability, with 2-3% of Americans reporting stroke related impairments (Tsao 2022). Following stroke, over half of Medicare patients are discharged to post-acute care facilities or receive home-based health care (Tsao 2022). Inpatient rehabilitation guidelines are lacking, with many interventions based on research of patients with chronic stroke. There is great need for randomized clinical trials during the early subacute period (Bernhardt 2017, Jordan 2021). Clinical practice guidelines recommend high intensity gait training (HIGT) for ambulatory patients with chronic stroke (Hornby 2020). Outpatient HIGT protocols incorporating variable stepping demonstrate equivalent effectiveness to forward stepping protocols (Hornby 2019) and have yielded superior results to lower intensity therapies (Hornby 2019, Hornby 2016). Research suggests that HIGT with variable stepping is feasible during inpatient rehabilitation (Hornby 2015, Moore 2020). Pre-post studies suggest that participation in HIGT during inpatient rehabilitation yields greater improvements in walking without an increase in adverse events. (Moore 2020). Despite this, there are no randomized controlled trials evaluating HIGT in the inpatient setting. The subacute phase of stroke recovery may be a critical time for neuroplasticity (Dromerick 2021). Not only might rehabilitation interventions be more effective when initiated earlier (Biernaskie 2004, Dromerick 2021) but because inpatient rehabilitation represents the transition from hospital to home, interventions during this timeframe have the potential to improve discharge disposition, enhance quality of life, and reduce utilization of post-discharge services. In this randomized controlled study, investigators will determine how participation in HIGT during inpatient rehabilitation affects balance, ambulation, and quality of life after 14 and/or 21 days of inpatient rehabilitation, and 8 weeks post-discharge. Investigators will also determine if HIGT reduces health care burden with a cost-effectiveness analysis.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT05650606
- Recruitment status
- Terminated
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 2 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 85 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Mar 17, 2023
- Primary completion
- Oct 10, 2023
- Completion
- Oct 10, 2023
- Last update posted
- Oct 12, 2023
2023
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital | Schenectady | New York | 12308 | — |
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- Last update posted Oct 12, 2023 · Synced Sep 2, 2026
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