Effects of an Aquatic Therapy Program Versus a Land Program in Patients Who Suffered a Stroke

Universidade da Coruña

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke; Hydrotherapy

Treatments: Other: circuit class therapy on land; Other: circuit class therapy in water

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02999971

UCoruna

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study is to investigate the relative effectiveness of CCT on water versus on land in stroke patients. Additionally, the study will to determine if there are differences in the results obtained, between two CCT programs in the following parameters: gait, balance and dexterity

Full description

This study is a randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of a structured CCT program in water versus a structured CCT program on land in the rehabilitation of stroke survivors.

Enrollment: 23 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with diagnosis of stroke (ischemic or hemorrhagic) onset ≤ 3 years; with hemiparesis secondary;
• age ≥18 to ≤ 90;
• provide a written informed consent;
• able to walk for at least 10 m without assistance

Exclusion criteria

• patients with uncontrolled or risky conditions (acute myocardial infarction, arrhythmia, heart failure, uncontrolled hypertension or unstable cardiovascular state);
• with infectious diseases, ulcers or urinary and / or faecal incontinence;
• additional neurological and / or orthopedic deficits that alter ambulation;
• unable to follow treatment (cognitive, visual ...).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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23 participants in 2 patient groups

circuit class therapy in water

Experimental group

Description:

CCT on water. The intervention developed in this study will be through the realization of an exercise program in circuit (CCT). One of the groups will receive treatment in the water (intervention group), and the other on land (control group). In both groups, the intervention will be a 7-week class therapy, 3-times weekly, giving a total of 20 sessions.

Treatment:

Other: circuit class therapy in water

circuit class therapy on land

Experimental group

Description:

CCT on land. The intervention developed in this study will be through the realization of an exercise program in circuit (CCT). One of the groups will receive treatment in the water (intervention group), and the other on land (control group). In both groups, the intervention will be a 7-week class therapy, 3-times weekly, giving a total of 20 sessions.

Treatment:

Other: circuit class therapy on land