An interventional study of PBT in Stroke and Aging, sponsored by University Rehabilitation Institute, Republic of Slovenia. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in Slovenia. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-06-24.
Sponsored by University Rehabilitation Institute, Republic of Slovenia · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
The study will investigate safety, usability, feasibility and preliminary efficacy of perturbation-based training in participants post-stroke and older adults with mild balance deficits. Both group will receive three weks of training. The primary outcome measure will be derived from laboratory-induced falls.
Two convenience samples will be recruited to serve as self-controls, 20 post-stroke adults and 30 community-dwelling older adults. Participants post stroke will be recruited after discharge from their regular rehabilitation. Each subject will undergo individually customised perturbation-based training sessions with safety harnesses. The participants will be assessed at four time points: at baseline, after 3 weeks (at the beginning of training), at the end of 3-week training, and at 3-week follow-up. Safety, usability and efficacy of training will be evaluated using slip-, trip- and platform-movement-based perturbations induced by a Stewart platform and dual-belt treadmill, whereby the perturbation strength that can be reliably counteracted will be recorded, and using standardised clinical outcome measures.
8,255 studies on the registry are indexed under Stroke; 2,056 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 50 is close to the median of 49 across 6,024 interventional studies indexed under Stroke.
Browse Stroke studies →University Rehabilitation Institute, Republic of Slovenia is the lead sponsor of 21 studies on the registry; 6 are open to participants now.
Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.
Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.
Exclusion Criteria for both arms:
Additional Inclusion Criteria for post-stroke patients:
Additional Inclusion Criteria for older adults:
Each participant will undergo perturbation-based training and assessment according to an ABA (no intervention/intervention/no intervention) design with assessment at the beginning and end of each phase (four time-points).
Device: PBT
Each participant will undergo perturbation-based training and assessment according to an ABA (no intervention/intervention/no intervention) design with assessment at the beginning and end of each phase (four time-points).
Device: PBT
Each subject will undergo 9 perturbation-based training sessions with safety harnesses, and the device will deliver waist pulls during treadmill walking. Training sessions will be individually customised. Perturbation intensity will be progressively increased by a physiotherapist according to the subject's abilities. Training sessions will last approximately 30 minutes, 2-3 times per week.
Also known as: PACE-R
Perturbation strength
Perturbation strength that can be reliably counteracted - difference score (minimum 0N, no upper limit, stronger perturbation means better outcome, larger difference means better outcome)
Time frame: Difference between the two assessments - one day before the first and one day after the last training session
mini-BESTest
Mini Balance Evaluation Systems Test - difference score (score range 0-28, higher score means better outcome, larger difference means better outcome)
Time frame: Difference between the two assessments - one day before the first and one day after the last training session
ABC Scale
Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale - difference score (score range 0%-100%, higher score means better outcome, larger difference means better outcome)
Time frame: Difference between the two assessments - one day before the first and one day after the last training session
Adverse events
Number of adverse events (fatigue, pain, secured falls) during training (fewer events mean better outcome)
Time frame: During all the nine training sessions across the three weeks
Plan to share: No
This study is not yet recruiting, as verified in Jun 2026. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
Get an email when the registry record changes — status, dates, results — or when someone posts here.
Sign in to followQuestions and observations about this study, from anyone following it. Not medical advice, and not a channel to the study team — their contact details are on the registry record.
Sign in to join the discussion. Reading takes no account; posting does. You choose a display name, and a pseudonym is the default.
Nothing here yet. If you are running this trial, taking part in it, or weighing whether to, this is the place to say so.
University Rehabilitation Institute, Republic of Slovenia