Early Intervention With a Low-intensity Leg Cycling Exercise Program for Individuals After Stroke

Kaohsiung Medical University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Other: exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02437006

KMUH-IRB- 20130376

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a two-stage study. In the first stage, 30 subjects with stroke (onset > 2 weeks) are recruited, and they are assessed and recorded with clinical characteristics, sympathetic nerve testing, and twice symptom-limit exercise capacity tests. The second stage would recruited 90 subjects with stroke (onset>2 weeks), and they are randomized to one of three groups (control, low-intensity, high-intensity). They are evaluated before and after the four-week interval with clinical characteristics and twice symptom-limit exercise capacity tests (baseline and after four-week training) .

Full description

This is a two-stage study. In the first stage, 30 subjects with stroke (onset > 2 weeks) are recruited, and they are assessed and recorded with sympathetic nerve testing, anthropometry, and twice symptom-limit exercise capacity tests.The second stage would recruited 90 subjects with stroke (onset>2 weeks), and they are randomized to one of three groups. The control group undergoes traditional rehabilitation only, The low-intensity exercise group receives a low-intensity four-week cycle ergometry and traditional rehabilitation. The The high-intensity exercise group gets a high-intensity four-week cycle ergometry and traditional rehabilitation. They are evaluated by sympathetic tests, anthropometry, functional scales and activity questionnaires, and symptom-limit exercise capacity tests before and after the four-week training.

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• stroke onset longer than two weeks,
• eligible for exercise testing by Doctor

Exclusion criteria

• aphasia,
• apraxia

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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120 participants in 3 patient groups

rehabilitation

No Intervention group

Description:

half an hour physical and half an hour occupational therapy in rehabilitation

Low-intensity exercise

Experimental group

Description:

Low-intensity exercise plus rehabilitation

Treatment:

Other: exercise

High-intensity exercise

Experimental group

Description:

High-intensity exercise plus rehabilitation

Treatment:

Other: exercise