Exercise and Physical Activity in Adults with Acquired Brain Injury (PA_ABI)

Universidade da Coruña

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Acquired Brain Injury

Treatments: Behavioral: Exercise; Other: Usual Care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06895226

PA_ABI

Details and patient eligibility

About

Exercise and physical activity in adults with acquired brain injury

Full description

Although emerging approaches have emerged in the design of interventions that promote an orientation towards physical activity scientific evidence on their efficacy in this particular population remains limited. This underscores the need for further research to evaluate the efficacy of these intervention approaches in the context of ABI.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Aged more than 18 years of age and present a medical diagnosis of acquired brain injury.
• Have the informed consent completed and signed
• Present a state that allows following indications for the practice of exercise and physical activity.

Exclusion criteria

• Have medical comorbidities that contraindicate the safe performance of the program (i.e., cardiac or respiratory instability, uncontrolled seizures).
• Have additional disabling conditions, such as cognitive impairment and/or an inability to communicate with the researcher verbally, in writing, or through an emissary.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental: Exercise and physical activity program and usual care

Experimental group

Description:

Exercise and physical activity program and usual care

Treatment:

Other: Usual Care

Behavioral: Exercise

Control: usual care

No Intervention group

Description:

Only usual care