Fitness training after traumatic brain injury

The efficacy of a supervised fitness centre-based exercise programme compared to an unsupervised home-based exercise programme on improving fitness and psychosocial outcomes in a traumatic brain injured population

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12606000062527

Enrollment

Registered

2006-02-10

Start date

2003-10-07

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The aim of this project is to compare the efficacy of a three-month supervised fitness centre-based exercise programme to an unsupervised home-based exercise programme in improving fitness and psychosocial functioning in a traumatic brain injured population. We aim to carry out a multi-centre, assessor blinded, randomised controlled trial with parallel group design to compare the two interventions. We hypothesize that a supervised fitness-centre based exercise programme, compared to an unsupervised home-based programme will show significant improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness, depression and community integration.

Interventions

12-week gym-based supervised exercise programme compared to a 12-week home-based independent exercise programme,

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

0 to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. have sustained a very severe or extremely severe TBI, 2. have had a hospital admission > 1 month, 3. able to walk independently > 1m/s, 4. able to commit 3 hours per week to exercise, 5. live within area serviced by 3 units.

Exclusion criteria

1. concurrent medical condition for which moderate to high intensity exercise is contraindicated, 2. have cognitive or language problems that affect their ability to understand verbal instructions, 3. have behaviour problems not appropriate for a fitness centre environment.

Outcome results