The Effects of Aerobic Exercise Training on Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Stroke Patients
- Conditions
- Stroke, Cardiovascular
- Interventions
- Other: The Effects of Aerobic Exercise Training on Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Functional Capacity, Balance and Ventricular Repolarization Indices in Stroke Patients
- Registration Number
- NCT05058586
- Lead Sponsor
- Gaziler Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Hospital
- Brief Summary
Background:
Aerobic exercise training has favorable effects on quality of life, motor recovery, and aerobic endurance after stroke.
Objectives: In this study, the investigators aimed to explore the effects of anti-gravity treadmill gait training and underwater walking therapy on cardiorespiratory fitness in stroke survivors.
- Detailed Description
Methods: Seventy patients with a history of stroke were admitted to our center between July 2017 and January 2018. Subjects who participated in the study were randomly assigned to anti-gravity treadmill training, underwater walking therapy, and control group. Investigators examined the aerobic capacity of participants by using the 6-minute walk test and cycle ergometer testing before starting the treatment along with a one-month follow-up. The patient's balance was examined by using the Berg Balance Scale (BBS).
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
- Patients between the ages of 18 and 80 and diagnosed with stroke and time from stroke onset to admission were longer than three months
- Independent walking ability more than 10 meters with or without assistance
- Patients whose cognitive and functional status were suitable for the training program
- Had a previous history of stroke
- Bilateral hemiplegia
- Leg-length difference >2.0 cm
- Fixed flexion contracture or severe joint deformity
- Bladder or bowel incontinence
- Open wound
- Cardiovascular complaints and can not tolerate exercise training
- Other neurological comorbidities including, multiple sclerosis (MS), spinal cord injury (SCI), traumatic brain injury (TBI), Parkinson's disease, and intracranial tumors
- Congestive heart failure
- Atrial fibrillation (AF), use of antiarrhythmic drugs affecting QT duration, any type of bundle branch block on electrocardiogram (ECG)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Anti gravity treadmill training The Effects of Aerobic Exercise Training on Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Functional Capacity, Balance and Ventricular Repolarization Indices in Stroke Patients 13 patients received twenty sessions of conventional therapy for four weeks and Alter-G training was performed 3 days/week for 4 weeks, with up to 30 min. of training per session. Underwater walking therapy group The Effects of Aerobic Exercise Training on Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Functional Capacity, Balance and Ventricular Repolarization Indices in Stroke Patients 13 patients received twenty sessions of conventional therapy for four weeks and three sessions of aerobic exercise treatment of 45 minutes per week underwater Conventional theraphy group The Effects of Aerobic Exercise Training on Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Functional Capacity, Balance and Ventricular Repolarization Indices in Stroke Patients 13 patients received twenty sessions of conventional therapy for four weeks
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Cycle ergometer training Change from baseline VO2 max at 4 weeks VO2 max
6-minute walk test Change from baseline length of walking distance at 4 weeks Length of walking distance
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (2)
Gaziler Physical Theraphy and Rehabilitation
🇹🇷Ankara, Turkey
Konya City Hospital
🇹🇷Meram, Konya, Turkey