Effect of Vestibular Exercises on Post-Stroke Fatigue

Hacettepe University

Status: Begins enrollment in 1 month

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Other: Control (Standard treatment); Other: Vestibular exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06956183

KA-23056

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to search effects of vestibuler exercises on post-stroke fatigue. The main question it aims to answer is:

wer are:

• Do vestibuler excercises decrease post-stroke perceived and physiologic fatigue?

Researchers will compare the effects of vestibuler exercises to conventional rehabilitation to find out the superior one.

Participants will:

• take a one-hour conventional rehabilitation or vestibuler exercise program three times in a week.
• be assessed in terms of fatigue before and after rehabilitation programs.

Full description

One of the most common complications after stroke is fatigue. Fatigue prolongs the rehabilitation period and delays recovery. Although medical treatments, exercise programs and activity modifications are recommended to reduce fatigue after stroke, an effective evidence-based treatment method has not yet been developed. Vestibular exercises can improve oculomotor and postural control by trying to provide sensory integration through adaptation and compensatory mechanisms, thus increasing cortical excitability and reducing fatigue.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Volunteering to participate in the study Being between the ages of 18-65 Having had an anterior circulation stroke at least 6 months ago Being at least stage 3 according to the Functional Ambulation Classification Scoring at least 22 on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scale

Exclusion criteria

• Having another orthopedic, neurological or other systemic disease that prevents working Having severe aphasia Having a disease other than stroke that causes primary fatigue Using medication that will affect cognitive status Using medication that will affect fatigue

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group

Other group

Description:

Participants in the control group will participate in a one-hour conventional exercise program three times a week for eight weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Control (Standard treatment)

Vestibular Group

Experimental group

Description:

In vestibular group (study group) participants in the study group will receive 20 minutes of vestibular training in addition to a 40-minute conventional exercise program, three times a week for eight weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Vestibular exercise