The Contribution of Physical Therapy to Difference in Walking Outcome
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The Contribution of Physical Therapy to Difference in Walking Outcome Post Stroke (PT-DOSe)
IRAS ID
210949
Contact name
Elizabeth Warburton
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Cambridge
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 0 days
Research summary
How much effect does the amount and type of rehabilitation therapy have on someone’s ability to walk well after a stroke?
After suffering a stroke many people have difficulty walking. Rehabilitation is known to improve walking recovery, but different people will have different responses to the different treatments or therapies provided. Furthermore, people receive different amounts of therapy, and in different settings such as in hospital or in their own home.
We want to investigate what affects someone’s ability to walk well after suffering a stroke, and how much effect the amount and type of therapy has on this. To help us design a large study to answer these questions, first we need to find out different things such as:
• How many people do we need in a study to answer these questions?
• What is the best way to measure walking recovery and the differences in therapy that people receive?We therefore plan to conduct this smaller trial first to make sure that the final study will answer our research question.
We will recruit any patient who suffered a stroke and is admitted to Addenbrooke’s Hospital with symptoms including leg weakness. Every participant will undergo an assessment in the first 4 days after their stroke and again 3 months later. Clinical assessments will include a physical examination and a set of questionnaires about the person’s lifestyle, memory, mind, mood and daily activities before and following the stroke.
REC name
South Central - Berkshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/SC/0493
Date of REC Opinion
5 Oct 2016
REC opinion
Unfavourable Opinion