Effects of Early Exercise in Patients With Moderate to Severe Stroke.

Klas Sandberg

Status

Completed

Conditions

Stroke

Treatments

Other: Exercise

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04241952

Stroke2015

Details and patient eligibility

About

Purpose: to investigate the efficacy of early exercise in patients with moderate to severe stroke regarding functional outcome and walking ability.

Methods: Patients with medium to severe stroke (NHISS >7) were recruited 24 - 48 hours after stroke onset from two stroke units in Sweden. Both groups received usual care. The intervention group received even 20 minutes bed-cycling 5 days per week with a maximum of 15 sessions. Functional outcome was measured with modified Rankin Scale (mRS) and Barthel index and walking with the 6-minute walking test (6MWT). Measurements were performed pre- and post-intervention (3 weeks), and at 3-months follow-up.

Enrollment

52 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Age over 18 years.
Diagnose stroke with The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) 7-42 points.
Ability to understand the Swedish language.
Approval of medical responsible physician to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Medical or neurological diseases that can affect the performance of the exercise and severe cognitive impairment.