An interventional study of Weighted brace and Non weighted brace in Stroke and Hemiparesis, sponsored by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris. Completed at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-09-15.
Sponsored by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
This study is designed to determine if adding daily weighted braces on the unaffected ankle may benefit to patient who have returned home compare to a placebo intervention (ankle brace without weight).
Improve walking ability in people after stroke is a key objective for rehabilitation. Once the rehabilitation period is finished, a reduction of functional and motor abilities is often observed in subjects when they returned home.
This study will examine if loading daily the non paretic leg with additional weights will improve walking abilities. This study will enroll 100 people who had a stroke > three months and \< five years and who still experienced difficulties for walking.
Each patient will receive 3 months of intervention targeting their non affected leg. Half of the subjects will have to wear braces with additional weights at the non affected ankle during the day ( > 6 hours), while the other half will wear a similar brace but without weight.
A six minutes walking test will be given before and after the intervention, as well six and twelve months later to measure the effect of these interventions. The investigators hypothesize that people receiving the additional weights to the non paretic leg will show greater improvements in their walk abilities.
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This study's enrollment of 42 is below the median of 50 across 5,366 interventional studies indexed under Stroke.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Behavioral: Weighted brace
Behavioral: Non weighted brace
People will have to wear all the day additional weights (between 2 and 4 kilograms) at the nonparetic ankle during 3 months
People will be given a brace with no weight they will have to wear all the day during three months.
Six minutes walking test
Total distance walked in meters (6MWD) within the 6 minutes.
Time frame: 3 months after the inclusion
six minutes walking test
Total distance walked in meters (6MWD) within the 6 minutes
Time frame: 6 months after the inclusion
six minutes walking test
Total distance walked in meters (6MWD) within the 6 minutes
Time frame: 12 months after the inclusion
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