Balance training with biofeedback: a new hope for stroke fall prevention?
NCT ID NCT07125157
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether adding real-time biofeedback (like visual or audio cues) to balance exercises helps people who had a stroke more than standard training alone. 66 chronic stroke patients in Lahore will be split into three groups: task-specific training with biofeedback, without biofeedback, or conventional physical therapy. Over 12 weeks, researchers will measure balance, fall risk, and daily function to see which approach works best.
What this could mean
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- Active substance
- Task-specific training with or without biofeedback
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple, low-cost way to improve balance and reduce falls in people who have had a stroke.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial in one city, so results may not apply widely. Biofeedback may not add much benefit over standard training.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 66 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Feb 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2026
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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40 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: Chronic ischemic stroke patients (more than 3 months after stroke) Both Male and Female Patients Patients of 40 or above years of age Patients with Burnstorm stage 3 or above.) Patients with good cognitive function (score of 20 or more on MMSE) Patients who can ambulate 10 m (with or without the assistive device) Exclusion Criteria: Patients undergoing concurrent therapy or treatment that could influence the effectiveness of this study will be excluded from participation Patients presenting with contraindications to rehabilitation, such as severe uncontrolled hypertension, uncontrolled diabetes, or unstable angina, will be excluded from the study. Individuals with prior neurological impairments apart from stroke.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Shadman Medical Center
RECRUITINGLahore, Punjab Province, 54000, Pakistan
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