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Rehabilitation of Conversion Gait Disorder

This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Annika A. Jordbru, Oslo University Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01422278
First received: January 16, 2006
Last updated: August 22, 2011
Last verified: August 2011
History of Changes
  Purpose

Evaluating the effects in functional status after three weeks of cognitive - and behavioural rehabilitation on patients with gait disorder. The patients are followed up as after 1 and 12 months to study if any improvement is still present. The patients are being recruited from neurological units. The intervention is explanation of symptoms, positive reinforcement of normal behaviour and absence reinforcement of dysfunctional behaviour. In addition the study aims at describing typical gait patterns at patients with gait disorder by using biomechanical measurements (EKG).


Condition Intervention Phase
Conversion Disorder
 Other: Rehabilitation
 Phase 1
Phase 2

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: Single Blind (Subject)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Patients With Conversion Gait Disorder - Effect on Treatment and Common Gait Patterns. Randomized Clinical Trial

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Rehabilitation
U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Oslo University Hospital:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Change in gait patterns [ Time Frame: three weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Improved life quality [ Time Frame: 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment: 60
Study Start Date: September 2007
Estimated Study Completion Date: December 2011
Primary Completion Date: September 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Intervention Details:
    Other: Rehabilitation
    Three weeks of rehabilitation in Hospital.
Detailed Description:

Patients are being recruited from neurological unit/ div and out patients department of SSR and are randomized to treatment or control group. Essential gait disorders do to conversion symptoms and willingness to participate in either of the two groups with informed consent are required.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years to 69 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • To determine the changes in functional status after three weeks of multidisciplinary rehabilitation in patients with conversion walking disorder.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Essential gait disorders do to conversion symptoms and willingness to participate in either of the two groups with informed consent are required.
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01422278

Locations
Norway
Vestfold Hospital Trust, clinic physical medicine and rehabilitation
Stavern, Vestfold, Norway, 3290
Sponsors and Collaborators
Oslo University Hospital
Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Investigators
Study Chair: Georg Høyer, DH National committees for research ethics in Norway" for REK
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: Annika A. Jordbru, PhD student, Oslo University Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01422278     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: 2.2004.164, SSR.2005.1
Study First Received: January 16, 2006
Last Updated: August 22, 2011
Health Authority: Norway:National Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Conversion Disorder
Hysteria
Dissociative Disorders
Somatoform Disorders
 Mental Disorders
Histrionic Personality Disorder
Personality Disorders

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 16, 2013