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Can a Tech-Powered home program help stroke survivors walk better?
NCT ID NCT07623018
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at whether a gait training program delivered partly at home using a sensor and exercises is feasible and acceptable for people who have had a stroke. Twelve participants in Saudi Arabia will first train in a clinic, then continue at home for four weeks. The goal is to see if they can stick with the program and if it is safe, not yet to prove it improves walking.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- STEP-Tech intervention (telerehabilitation gait training program using Heel2Toe sensor and exercises)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that a home-based, tech-supported gait program is practical and acceptable for stroke survivors, paving the way for larger studies to improve walking recovery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early feasibility study with only 12 participants, so results may not apply to all stroke survivors. It does not yet test whether the program actually improves walking.
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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 12 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Aug 2027
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 years and older
- 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: For stage one of the study: * People with stroke aged \> 18 years living in Saudi Arabia. * Diagnosed with ischemic or haemorrhagic stroke. * People with stroke in the late-subacute or chronic phase ( ≥ 3 months after stroke onset). * Patients can walk indoors for at least 10 meters with supervision and/or an assistive device (cane or walker). * Patient with low fall risk (less than 20 seconds) based on the Timed Up and Go test (TUG). * Ability to understand instructions and follow simple commands to participate in the study and give consent. Patients are required to obtain a score of seven or eight on the eight decisional capacity questionnaires that are relevant to the consent form content. These requirements are necessary to make sure that people can give consent. The decisional capacity questionnaire's content is based on the previously utilised University of California Brief Assessment Capacity to Consent (UBACC) questions that have been adjusted for the study's context. * They are not currently participating in any other stroke rehabilitation study. * Only those who can speak Arabic or English. For stage 2 of the study (qualitative evaluation): * Physiotherapists with experience working with people who have had a stroke (at least 2 years of experience). * Carers aged 18 years or older who support patients during the intervention period * Able to communicate in Arabic or English Exclusion Criteria: For stage one of the study : * Patient with severe spasticity and contracture in the lower extremity (Modified Ashworth Scale 3 or 4). * Unable to understand instructions to participate in the study and to give consent (due to severe cognitive impairments). * Severe communication deficit or complete aphasia. * Patients have another neurological condition (e.g., multiple sclerosis or Parkinson's disease) or a pre-stroke health condition that includes a gait disorder. * Serious medical comorbidities such as pulmonary and heart disease, and uncontrolled hypertension. For stage 2 of the study (qualitative evaluation): * Physiotherapists with insufficient experience (less than 2 years' experience) in stroke rehabilitation. * Carers who are unable to communicate well or have communication difficulties. * Carers who are unable to give consent.
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Conditions
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Locations
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Aseer Rehabilitation Centre
Abhā, Southern Region, Saudi Arabia
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Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City (SBAHC)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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