A Randomised Controlled Trial of a running program for Hospital Neurological Outpatients

The impact of dynamic training (running program) on high level functional mobility in individuals with acquired brain injury - A randomised controlled trial in Neurologcial outpatients clinic

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12608000478314

Enrollment

Registered

2008-09-29

Start date

2009-04-01

Completion date

2010-08-01

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This is a clincial trial running within Shenton Park Rehabilitation Hospital. Recruitment is from the outpatient rehabilitation list.

Interventions

This is a randomised controlled trial of a high level mobility exercise program run by physiotherapists for 8 weeks with one session per week for approximately 2 hrs. The focus is on dynamic movements. It is sometimes called a running program although some participants can not run.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

16 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Acquired brain Injury admitted to Royal Perth Hosiptal neurologcial outpatients Berg Balance scale - Screening will be conducted by a Senior Neurological Physiotherapist

Exclusion criteria

The senior physiotherapist in the outpatient clincial will assess all candidates for safety to participate. If they have poor balance or cognitive function they will not be considered for inclusion. Physical concomitant problems impacting on mobility (i.e. amputation, crainiectomy etc) are also exclsion criteria.

Outcome results