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Physical fitness training for stroke patients (Review) - Update Software

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FAME (Continued)<br />

Interventions Intervention: routine therapy plus additional ’family mediated exercise therapy’ (repetitive sit-to-stand exercises,<br />

weight bearing exercises during standing, bridging, straight leg raises, quadriceps strengthening exercises,<br />

active/active assisted range of movement exercises <strong>for</strong> the lower limb and walking; total > 1200 minutes over<br />

8 weeks)<br />

Control: routine therapy only<br />

Outcomes Fugl Meyer Assessment, Berg Balance Scale, Motor Assessment Scale, 6-Minute Walk Test, Barthel Index, reintegration<br />

into Normal Living Index; Nottingham Extended Activities of Daily Living<br />

Baseline, post-intervention and 3-month follow-up<br />

Starting date Start: April 2008<br />

Completion: March 2009<br />

Contact in<strong>for</strong>mation Dr Emma Stokes, Principal Investigator, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland<br />

Tel: 00 353 1 896 2127, Email: estokes@tcd.ie<br />

Notes NCT00666744<br />

Ivey (A)<br />

Trial name or title Effects of exercise on endothelial function in <strong>stroke</strong> <strong>patients</strong><br />

Methods Randomised clinical trial; parallel assignment; open label<br />

Participants 140 participants<br />

Inclusion criteria: ischaemic <strong>stroke</strong> greater than 6 months prior in men or women ages 40 to 85 years;<br />

residual hemiparetic gait deficits; already completed all conventional inpatient and outpatient physical therapy;<br />

adequate language and neurocognitive function to participate in exercise testing and <strong>training</strong><br />

Interventions Intervention: cardiorespiratory treadmill <strong>training</strong><br />

Control: stretching and range of motion<br />

Outcomes Peak aerobic capacity, mobility<br />

Starting date Start: August 2003<br />

Completion: May 2008<br />

Contact in<strong>for</strong>mation Frederick M Ivey, Baltimore VA Medical Center/ University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore,<br />

Maryland, USA<br />

Notes NCT00891514<br />

<strong>Physical</strong> <strong>fitness</strong> <strong>training</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>stroke</strong> <strong>patients</strong> (<strong>Review</strong>)<br />

Copyright © 2011 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<br />

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