Functional Electrical Stimulation for Footdrop in Hemiparesis

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

110

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

July 31, 2005

Primary Completion Date

August 2, 2010

Study Completion Date

August 2, 2010

Conditions
StrokeHemiplegia
Interventions
DEVICE

Odstock Dropped-Foot Stimulator (ODFS)

Device implementation \& use for \~13 weeks (until 2nd Outcomes Assessment (1st post-treatment Outcomes Assessment)). The ODFS then will be returned to the investigators.

OTHER

Conventional Standard of Care

Conventional standard of care (which may include implementation \& use of a study-specific Custom Molded Hinged Ankle Foot Orthosis (AFO)) for \~13 weeks (until 2nd Outcomes Assessment (1st post-treatment Outcomes Assessment)). The AFO, if implemented, may continue to be used afterwards since it is an element of the standard of care for this patient population.

PROCEDURE

Traditional Physical Therapy Treatment

Traditional physical therapy treatment for 12 weeks.

Trial Locations (1)

44109

MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

NIH

collaborator

Case Western Reserve University

OTHER

lead

MetroHealth Medical Center

OTHER

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