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Protas (Continued)<br />

Participants 48 recent unilateral <strong>stroke</strong> <strong>patients</strong> expected<br />

Adults, males and females, aged 18 years or older<br />

Interventions Intervention: supported treadmill ambulation <strong>training</strong> + usual care<br />

Control: usual care<br />

Outcomes FIM, oxygen consumption, BMCA<br />

Starting date Start: January 2001<br />

Completion: December 2003<br />

Contact in<strong>for</strong>mation Dr Elizabth Protas, VAMC, Houston, Texas, USA<br />

Tel: +1 713 794 7117, E-mail: lim.peter@houston.va.gov<br />

Notes NCT00037895<br />

REHAB<br />

Trial name or title Reshaping Exercise Habits And Beliefs (REHAB): pilot testing of a behavioural intervention to improve<br />

mobility after <strong>stroke</strong><br />

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

Participants 90 <strong>stroke</strong> <strong>patients</strong> aged 40 to 85 years<br />

Inclusion criteria: 40 to 85 years old ischaemic <strong>stroke</strong> <strong>patients</strong>; <strong>stroke</strong> onset < 90 days at enrolment; hemiparetic<br />

gait disorder; <strong>patients</strong> able to walk 30 feet with or without assistive device; sufficient English comprehension to<br />

understand instructions, provide consent, and answer questions; live within 30 miles of the Greater Baltimore<br />

area<br />

Exclusion criteria: dementia (extended MMSE < 85 or < 80 if education level below 9th grade); untreated<br />

major clinical depression (CES-D > 16); heavy alcohol use (< 3 oz liquor, 3 x 4-oz glasses of wine, or 3 x 12-oz<br />

beers daily); active cancer, or any illness with a life expectancy of less than 6 months; any condition in which<br />

exercise activity would be contraindicated including, but not limited to: unstable angina, cardiac ischaemic<br />

event within the past 6 months, congestive heart failure (Stage III or IV), major orthopedic chronic pain or<br />

non-<strong>stroke</strong> neuromuscular disorders restricting exercise, oxygen-dependent COPD or peripheral neuropathy<br />

Interventions Intervention: home-based exercise prescriptions with weekly motivational telephone calls<br />

Control: <strong>stroke</strong> education program with matched attention phone calls<br />

Outcomes Ambulatory Activity Profile<br />

Starting date Start: October 2006<br />

Completion: June 2010<br />

Contact in<strong>for</strong>mation Alyssa D Stookey, PhD MS, VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, Maryland, USA<br />

Tel: +1 410 605 7000 ext 5431; Email: alyssa.mealey@va.gov<br />

Notes NCT00431821<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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