Early Aerobic Training Program After Ischemic Stroke

Sheba Medical Center

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Cerebrovascular Accident; Stroke

Treatments: Behavioral: Supervised aerobic training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00248222

SHEBA-05-3840-DT-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility and efficacy of an early supervised aerobic exercise program for patients following a minor ischemic stroke.

Full description

The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility and efficacy of an early supervised aerobic exercise program for patients following a minor ischemic stroke. Patients after a minor ischemic stroke would be randomized within 1-3 weeks of stroke onset to a control group (6 weeks of low intensity stretching and coordination exercises followed by a supervised aerobic training program) or an experimental group (immediate aerobic training program). Patients will be evaluated for measures of ambulation endurance, mobility, gait, functional assessment and clinical follow-up after 6 weeks and again 3 months later.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• minor ischemic stroke

Exclusion criteria

• unstable angina
• severe lung disease
• severe symptomatic peripheral vascular disease
• dementia or other severe neurological disease
• other severe uncontrolled medical problem

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)