Exercise to improve heart and brain health following stroke

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Stroke; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation; Stroke - Ischaemic

• Registration Number: ACTRN12609000645257
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of South Australia

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2009-07-30
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Stopped early
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

Diagnosis of first or recurrent stroke, haemorrhage or infarct at least 6 months prior to entry into the study.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients who are unable to participate in an exercise programme due to medical conditions such as heart failure, unstable angina, dementia and receptive aphasia. Patients on beta-blockers.
Patients already participating in a supervised aerobic exercise programme.
Patients who have epilepsy, metallic implants in the skull or cardiac pacemakers will be excluded from the transcranial magnetic stimulation.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified