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| Norrbacka-Eugenia Foundation | OTHER |
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Affected balance capacity is common after a stroke due to paresis and sensory disturbances. The affected balance capacity may cause walking disturbances, falls and decreased mobility. Balance may be improved by physical therapy. A possible method for balance training is body awareness therapy, that was introduced in Sweden by Jacques Dropsy and Gertrud Roxendal. Earlier body awareness therapy was mostly used in psychiatric care but in the recent years the method has been used for people with long-tern pain, amputations and multiple sclerosis. Body awareness therapy includes exercises in lying, sitting and standing. Focus of the exercises are awareness of one´s movement behaviour, breathing patterns, resources and limitations. Postural control is an essential part in the exercises. Body awareness therapy could be used for people with stroke as a way to improve postural control. The aim of this study is to investigate if balance training using body awareness therapy can improve balance and walking in people after stroke. The interventions consists of body awareness therapy once a week for 8 weeks.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Body awareness therapy | Experimental |
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| Control | No Intervention |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Balance training using Body awareness therapy | Other | Once a week, 1 hour for 8 weeks.Body awareness training may be performed by physiotherapist. Exercises are performed in standing, sitting and lying. Example of exercises are weight-balancing in standing and relaxation exercises. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Bergs Balance Scale | Test of functional balance. Includes 14 items all graded 0-4 where 0 indicate larger impairment. Total score is used here, maximum 56 and minimum 0. The Berg balance scale was developed for older patients but is a much used meausure of dynamic and static functional balance. | Change from baseline in Bergs balance scale at 9 weeks |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Timed Up and Go Test | test of functional mobility. Time is taken in seconds. The participants sits on a chair with armrests are then asked to rise, walk 3 meters, turn and walk back and sit down. | Change from baseline in Timed Up and Go test at 9 weeks |
| Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Mialinn Arvidsson Lindvall, RPT, MSc | Family Medicine Research Centre, Örebro county council | Principal Investigator |
| Anette Forsberg, PhD | Family Medicine Research Centre, Örebro county council | Study Chair |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Primary Health Care Centres | Örebro | Sweden |
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Data collection was performed in the following order due to practical reason at four primary health care centres in Örebro county council; Kumla Primary health care center, October 2011- January 2012, Karla Primary health care centre, March 2012-June 2012, Nora and Brickegården Primary health care centre September 2012 to December 2012.
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| ID | Title | Description |
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| FG000 | Body Awareness Therapy | Balance training using Body awareness therapy : Once a week, 1 hour for 8 weeks.Body awareness training may be performed by physiotherapist. Exercises are performed in standing, sitting and lying. Exemple of exercies are weight-balancing in standing and relaxation exercises. |
| FG001 | Control | No specific treatment. |
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| ID | Title | Description |
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| BG000 | Body Awareness Therapy | Balance training using Body awareness therapy : Once a week, 1 hour for 8 weeks.Body awareness training may be performed by physiotherapist. Exercises are performed in standing, sitting and lying. Exemple of exercies are weight-balancing in standing and relaxation exercises. |
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| Type | Title | Description | Population Description | Reporting Status | Anticipated Posting Date | Parameter Type | Dispersion Type | Unit of Measure | Calculate Percentage | Time Frame | Units Analyzed | Denominator Units Selected | Arm/Group Information | Denominators | Classes | Analyses | ||||||
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| Secondary | Timed Up and Go Test | test of functional mobility. Time is taken in seconds. The participants sits on a chair with armrests are then asked to rise, walk 3 meters, turn and walk back and sit down. | Posted | Mean | Standard Deviation | seconds | Change from baseline in Timed Up and Go test at 9 weeks |
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| ID | Title | Description | Deaths (Affected) | Deaths (At Risk) | Serious Events (Affected) | Serious Events (At Risk) | Other Events (Affected) | Other Events (At Risk) |
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| EG000 | Body Awareness Therapy, Control | group training. Controls were asked to continue with their lifestyle. |
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| Title | Organization | Phone | Extension | |
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| Dr. Anette Forsberg | Orebro county council | +46-19-602 5788 | anette.forsberg@orebroll.se |
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| D020521 | Stroke |
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| D002561 | Cerebrovascular Disorders |
| D001927 | Brain Diseases |
| D002493 | Central Nervous System Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
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16 item questionnaire that investigates balance self-efficacy. Each items is a question; How secure are you that you will not fall when you...sweep the floor? The participant are asked to grade his/hers feeling of secutiry from 0, 10, 20 and so on up to 100. 0 is regarded low balance self-efficacy. The item responses are summed and divided by 16. |
| Change from baseline in Activities-specific Balance confidence scale at 9 weeks |
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| BG002 | Total | Total of all reporting groups |
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| Primary | Bergs Balance Scale | Test of functional balance. Includes 14 items all graded 0-4 where 0 indicate larger impairment. Total score is used here, maximum 56 and minimum 0. The Berg balance scale was developed for older patients but is a much used meausure of dynamic and static functional balance. | Posted | Mean | Standard Deviation | units on a scale | Change from baseline in Bergs balance scale at 9 weeks |
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| Secondary | Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale | 16 item questionnaire that investigates balance self-efficacy. Each items is a question; How secure are you that you will not fall when you...sweep the floor? The participant are asked to grade his/hers feeling of secutiry from 0, 10, 20 and so on up to 100. 0 is regarded low balance self-efficacy. The item responses are summed and divided by 16. | Posted | Mean | Standard Deviation | units on a scale | Change from baseline in Activities-specific Balance confidence scale at 9 weeks |
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| D014652 | Vascular Diseases |
| D002318 | Cardiovascular Diseases |