Multitasking rehab for stroke walkers: hype or help?
NCT ID NCT03009773
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looked at whether practicing walking while doing other tasks (multitasking) helps people recovering from a stroke walk faster than just walking practice alone. It included 26 adults who had a stroke within the past 6 months and had trouble walking. The trial was stopped early, so the results are limited.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- rehabilitation multitasking walking
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could point toward more effective rehabilitation strategies to improve walking speed and balance after a stroke.
- What could go wrong
- The trial was terminated early with only 26 participants, so results are limited and may not be reliable. It is unclear if multitasking rehab offers real benefits over simpler methods.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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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26 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2017
- Finished
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Jun 2020
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 90 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Major: age between 18 and 90 years * Hospitalized for ischemic or hemorrhagic hemispheric stroke confirmed by CT or MRI \<6months * walking disorder with the possibility of walking 10 meters with or without technical assistance (speed \<1.2m / s) * verbal understanding with complex orders * Affiliates to social security Exclusion Criteria: * Brainstem stroke or cerebellar * Hypoacusia annoying understanding * Visual gene embarrassing awarding * severe aphasia: no understanding of complex orders * neurological or musculoskeletal history affecting walking * Participation in interventional research protocol in motor rehabilitation of the lower limb or cognitive * Patient under guardianship or deprived of liberty * pregnant women, parturient women or lactating (art L.1121-5)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Amiens Picardie
Amiens, Picardie, 80054, France
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