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Luft (Continued)<br />

Interventions Intervention: 3 months progressive graded aerobic treadmill exercise <strong>training</strong> (3 times/week, duration 10 to<br />

45 minutes)<br />

Control: attention control<br />

Outcomes Aerobic capacity (VO2 peak)<br />

Gait velocity<br />

Starting date Start: January 2008<br />

Completion: July 2009<br />

Contact in<strong>for</strong>mation Dr Andreas Luft, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Tuebingen<br />

Notes NCT00614224<br />

Olsson<br />

Trial name or title Evaluation of an intervention program targeted at improving balance and functional skills after <strong>stroke</strong>: a<br />

randomised controlled study<br />

Methods Randomised clinical trial; parallel assignment; double blind (participants, outcomes assessor)<br />

Participants 50 <strong>stroke</strong> <strong>patients</strong><br />

Age ≥ 55 years; 3 to 6 months post <strong>stroke</strong>; ambulatory ≥ 10 metres with or without assistive device; ability<br />

to understand simple instructions<br />

Exclusion criteria: TIA; independent in walking outdoors; serious visual or hearing impairment; long distance<br />

to intervention station<br />

Interventions Intervention: high intensity functional exercise plus theory session<br />

Control: theory session<br />

Outcomes Balance, incidence of falls, self-efficacy, Activities of Daily Living, walking ability<br />

Starting date Start: September 2006<br />

Completion: February 2008<br />

Contact in<strong>for</strong>mation Eva Olsson, Umeå University and The Vårdal Institute<br />

Tel: +46 90 786 91 37, Email: eva.olsson@physiother.umu.se<br />

Notes NCT00377689<br />

Protas<br />

Trial name or title Stroke rehabilitation outcomes with supported treadmill ambulation <strong>training</strong><br />

Methods Randomised efficacy trial, single group assignment; open label<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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