Status:
TERMINATED
Reactive Balance Training and Fitness
Lead Sponsor:
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
Collaborating Sponsors:
University of Toronto
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Conditions:
CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident)
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
People with stroke should exercise to maintain function and reduce the risk of another stroke. Different types of exercise target different components of fitness, such as aerobic, strength, and balanc...
Detailed Description
This is an assessor-blind randomized non-inferiority trial with an internal pilot study. Research activities will take place at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and the University of Toronto. For ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Community-dwelling adults with chronic stroke (\>6 months post-stroke).
- Able to stand independently without upper-limb support for \>30 seconds.
- Able to tolerate at least 10 postural perturbations while wearing a safety harness.
Exclusion
- \>2.1m tall and/or weighing \>150kg (limits of the safety harness system).
- Other neurological condition that could affect balance control (e.g., Parkinson's disease).
- Lower extremity amputation.
- Cognitive, language or communication impairments affecting understanding instructions.
- Recent (last 6 months) significant illness, injury or surgery.
- Severe osteoporosis, defined by diagnosis of osteoporosis with fracture.
- Severe uncontrolled hypertension, or uncontrolled diabetes.
- Contraindications to exercise testing, such as symptomatic aortic stenosis, complex life-threatening arrhythmias, unstable angina, or orthostatic blood pressure decrease of \>20 mmHg with symptoms.
- Acute or chronic illness or injury likely to be exacerbated by exercise (e.g., recent lower-extremity fracture).
- Currently attending in- or out-patient physiotherapy, in which they receive aerobic training, balance training or strength training for lower limb.
- Significant exercise participation: current physical activity levels that meet the recommended guidelines (at least 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous or at least 75 minutes of vigorous physical activity/week) as calculated using the moderate and vigorous components of the Leisure Time Exercise Questionnaire (LTEQ) in the month prior to starting the study.
- Received perturbation training at Toronto Rehab \<1 year previously.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 16 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
28 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04042961
Start Date
September 1 2019
End Date
May 16 2025
Last Update
September 9 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2A2