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