Effect of a targeted exercise intervention in post-stroke older people.
- Conditions
- Stroke IschaemicStroke HaemorrhagicStroke - HaemorrhagicStroke - IschaemicPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12622000169741
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of the Basque Country/Universidad del Pais Vasco-Euskal Herriko Univertsitatea
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Community living independent living individuals before the stroke, who are acutely hospitalized due to being diagnosed after having suffered their first stroke at the Royo Villanova (HRV) or the Provincial Nuestra Señora de Gracia de Zaragoza (HNSG) and the Cruces Hospital in Bizkaia ( HC)
- Cognitive status preserved and
- Able to follow the instructions, both during testing and intervention.
- Ability to maintain a sitting position on a chair without assisstance with a back
- Severe heart disease or severe bronchopathies
- Other types of medical conditions that prevent the treatment from being implemented
- Cognitive impairment
- Inability to understand the instructions during the test or intervention.
- Unstable orthopedic injuries such as unconsolidated fractures or with unstable osteosynthesis systems,
- Inability to maintain a sitting position on a chair without assisstance with a back
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time taken (in days) to achieve independent gait (at a speed of 1 metre per second or over) assessed using 15m walking test without assistive devices'[Baseline and immediately after achieving independent mobility (gait, at a speed of 1 metre per second or over assessed using 15m walking test without assistive devices) and/or changing patients status (acute, and/or post acute) and/or 90 days post stroke at time of intervention completion (3 moths)];Gait speed assessed using 15m walking test without assistive devices[Baseline and immediately after achieving independent mobility (gait, at a speed of 1 metre per second or over assessed using 15m walking test without assistive devices) and/or changing patients status (acute, and/or post acute) and/or 90 days post stroke at time of intervention completion (3 moths)]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method