Exercise intervention to prevent falls, enhance mobility and increase physical activity in community dwellers after stroke: a randomised controlled trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12606000479505

Enrollment

350

Registered

2006-11-20

Start date

2006-11-13

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This project aims to work with the NSW Stroke Recovery Association's Stroke Club network to establish and evaluate community -based sustainable exercise programs for stroke survivors. We hypothesis that the experimental intervention ( weekly exercise class and home program for 12 months) will prevent falls and enhance mobility and increase habitual physical activity levels among people following stroke.

Interventions

1 group- weekly exercise class ( 45 min per class, 40 weeks per year) and home program (up to 30 min, 5 days/week) aimed at preventing falls, enhancing mobility and increasing physical activity for 12 months.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Prevention

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Suffered one or more strokes; Able to walk 10 m independently with or without an aid; able to gain medical clearance to participate; able to give informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Cognitive impairment (Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score less than 24); Insufficient communication or english language skills to participate safely; medical condition precluding exercise.

Outcome results