The Effects of Aerobic Exercise Training on Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Functional Capacity, Balance and Ventricular Repolarization Indices in Stroke Patients
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Stroke, Cardiovascular
- Sponsor
- Gaziler Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Hospital
- Enrollment
- 30
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Cycle ergometer training
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
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).
Investigators
Yasin Demir
Associate professor
Gaziler Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Hospital
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •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
Exclusion Criteria
- •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)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Cycle ergometer training
Time Frame: Change from baseline VO2 max at 4 weeks
VO2 max
6-minute walk test
Time Frame: Change from baseline length of walking distance at 4 weeks
Length of walking distance