Blindfold treadmill training shows promise for stroke rehab
NCT ID NCT06972355
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests if hiding vision during treadmill walking helps people who had a stroke within the last 6 months improve their balance and walking. 36 participants will either walk with eyes covered or open, 3 times a week for 6 weeks. The goal is to see if blocking vision forces the brain to use other senses for better recovery.
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 36 people
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- Started
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Jun 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. 18 years of age or older, 2. With a confirmed diagnosis of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke in sub-acute phase (stroke less than 6 months old), 3. With NIHSS scores between 1 and 15 and MoCA scores between 18 and 30 4. With a physiotherapy prescription for post Stroke rehabilitation 5. Able to walk for 20 min on a treadmill with weight reduction with pauses, able to maintain bipodal balance, able to maintain bipodal balance with eyes open and closed for 30 seconds, 6. Having expressed free, informed and written consent 7. Affiliated with a social security scheme. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients weighing over 200 kg (maximum weight permitted for use of the Lite Gait ®), 2. Patients with impaired vision: 1. Best corrected visual acuity below 5/10 on patient examination 2. Homonymous lateral hemianopia, quadranopia. 3. Inability to physically participate in intensive rehabilitation due to severe, unstabilized and comorbidities (heart, lung, kidney disease or diabetes), severe psychiatric disorders cancer active or under treatment. 4. Patients participating in other interventional research, 5. Pregnant or breast-feeding women, 6. Patients under guardianship.
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Locations
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CHR Metz-Thionville Hopital Legouest
RECRUITINGMetz, 57085, France
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