None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Aerobic exercise can improve cardiovascular fitness, mobility and physical function following stroke but it is not known whether it has an effect on cognitive and neurological function. We intend to compare a 12 week exercise program with usual care to document changes in impairment, activity and participation, as well as performing a cost-effectiveness study.
Interventions
Patients are randomised to participate in aerobic exercise three times a week for 12 weeks or usual care. The exercise classes include stations of treadmill training, stationary cycling, arm and/or leg ergometry and weight bearing exercise such as steps and overground walking and last for 1 hour. Blinded assessment of outcome is performed at baseline, 3 and 6 months.
Sponsors
University of South Australia
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
45 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Diagnosis of first or recurrent stroke, haemorrhage or infarct at least 6 months prior to entry into the study.
Exclusion criteria
Patients who are unable to participate in an exercise programme due to medical conditions such as heart failure, unstable angina, dementia and receptive aphasia. Patients on beta-blockers. Patients already participating in a supervised aerobic exercise programme. Patients who have epilepsy, metallic implants in the skull or cardiac pacemakers will be excluded from the transcranial magnetic stimulation.
Outcome results
None listed