Walking to better health after stroke

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Stroke; Stroke - Ischaemic; Stroke - Haemorrhagic; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy

• Registration Number: ACTRN12616001733460
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Lynne Clay

Brief Summary

Walking programme with use of commercial activity tracker is feasible and acceptable in people with stroke

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-12-16
• Study Completion: 2018-04-24
• Last Update Posted: 2020-01-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 23

Inclusion Criteria

People with stroke living in the community (including rest homes) who are medically stable to embark on a walking programme and competent to provide written informed consent, as determined by their GP (or medical professional), will be invited to participate in the study. Participants must be independently ambulant (with or without mobility aids). Individuals under active treatment by a health professional will also be eligible to take part, as will those currently receiving no clinical intervention.

Exclusion Criteria

People with stroke requiring assistance/supervision to ambulate will be excluded from enrollment, as will those with cognitive impairment resulting in an inability to understand the intervention or use the Fitbit One(TM) activity monitor and an inability to communicate in English.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified