Status:
COMPLETED
Exercise Training and Walking Ability After Chronic Stroke
Lead Sponsor:
University of Sydney
Conditions:
Stroke
Eligibility:
All Genders
45-90 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This study will investigate the efficacy of aerobic exercise and progressive resistance training (PRT), singularly and combined, on changes in walking endurance for mildly-to-moderately affected chron...
Detailed Description
The experimental hypotheses are: 1. Participation in a 10-week exercise program consisting of aerobic, resistance or combined aerobic+resistance training will produce a 20% or greater increase of 6-m...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age \> 45 years
- First stroke resulting in hemiplegia
- At least 4-months post stroke
- Residing at home or community-based (non-institutionalized) living environment
- Self selected gait velocity between 0.42 m/s to 0.80 m/s
- No longer receiving physiotherapy.
- Adequate comprehension of instructions and perceptual abilities (assessed by stroke clinician during medical screening), no significant musculotendinous or bony restrictions of the affected limb, nor any serious chronic disease independently causing significant disability or profound atrophy of the affected limb will comprise further indications to participation
Exclusion
- Subjects will be excluded if they have significant cardiac disease, symptom limiting peripheral vascular disease, or any of the exclusion criteria contraindicating moderate exercise as outlined by the American College of Sports Medicine guidelines for cardiac disease rehabilitation or for frail and elderly adults. The initial symptom-limited/maximal aerobic assessment will serve as the screening test for contraindications to further exercise.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2001
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
May 1 2004
Estimated Enrollment :
48 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00107068
Start Date
January 1 2001
End Date
May 1 2004
Last Update
December 3 2015
Active Locations (1)
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Rehabilitation Research Centre, University of Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2141