Acquired Brain Injury (Including Stroke)
Conditions
Keywords
Stoke, Acquired brain injury, rehabilitation, exercise therapy
Brief summary
Increasing the amount of exercises completed has been shown to help recovery for people after a brain injury. This study will explore if providing extra training of exercises prescribed to a patient and carer team, will allow more practice of these exercises, better abilities to move and balance, and to assess if carer confidence changes with doing this. It is a repeated case design in the in-patient acute Neurosciences setting at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust (NNUH).
Interventions
BEHAVIORALfive exercises prescribed and taught to carers and participants
Up to five exercises prescribed and taught to carers and participants in an acute hospital setting fort hem to continue to practice as able.
Sponsors
University of East Anglia
3 Million Steps charity
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion * Adults with acquired brain injury on NNUH Neurosciences Unit with a carer physically able to complete exercises with the patient. * Patient to be able to follow simple commands (1 stage) for exercise intervention. * Patient able to consent along with their relative together to participation in the study. Exclusion: * Discharge plan for ESD from initial assessment with no care package required due to too short timeframe of being an acute in-patient. * Patient's with severe cognitive - communication deficits meaning they cannot follow 1 stage command for exercises or consent to the study. * Severe pain, joint abnormality or spasticity limiting participation in exercise programme. * Carer/relative not able to physically help the patient with the required exercises or carer/relative not able to consent to the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Log of exercise repetitions | Pre and post intervention: 4 weeks or at point of discharge from acute Trust. | Log of exercise repetitions completed by patient and relative/carer team (on exercise record log), VAS score (Visual analogue score) rating 0- no confidence to 10- very confident for carer confidence pre and post intervention. |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed