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Suskin 2007 (Continued)<br />

Time frame: 6 months<br />

Starting date Start: September 2007<br />

Completion: March 2010<br />

Contact in<strong>for</strong>mation Neville G. Suskin, MBChB, MSc, University of Western Ontario and London Health Sciences Centre,<br />

London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5A5<br />

Tel: + 1 519 663 3488, Email: neville.suskin@lhsc.on.ca<br />

Notes NCT00536562<br />

Tørhaug<br />

Trial name or title Strength <strong>training</strong> <strong>for</strong> chronic <strong>stroke</strong> <strong>patients</strong><br />

Methods Randomised cross-over trial; single group assignment; open label<br />

Participants Stroke <strong>patients</strong>, males and females, under 67 years old (from 18 to 67 years) who had suffered from a <strong>stroke</strong><br />

at least 6 months previously, able to walk, living in the Trondheim area such that travel costs can be covered<br />

by 1500 NOK<br />

Interventions Intervention: Maximal Strength Training (MST) involving weights of up to 90% of the participants 1 repetition<br />

maximum. Unilateral leg press and plantarflexion exercises<br />

Outcomes Primary outcome: unilateral 1 repetition maximum <strong>for</strong> leg press and plantarflexion<br />

Secondary outcomes: rate of <strong>for</strong>ce development in unilateral leg press and plantarflexion; maximal oxygen<br />

uptake and walking economy; Timed Up and Go Test; 4 Step Balance Test; V-Wave (using surface electromyography<br />

- SEMG) of soleus during static plantarflexion; blood lipid profile; 6-Minute Walk Test; Jump<br />

Height of a counter movement jump; SF-36 Quality of life questionnaire, Norwegian version<br />

Starting date Start: November 2009<br />

Completion date March 2010<br />

Contact in<strong>for</strong>mation Study Completion Date:<br />

Notes NCT01003353. Trial has been completed but not yet published<br />

Van der Port<br />

Trial name or title Cost-effectiveness of a structured progressive task-oriented circuit class <strong>training</strong> programme to enhance walking<br />

competency after <strong>stroke</strong>: The protocol of the FIT-Stroke trial<br />

Methods Multicentre single-blinded randomised trial stratified by rehabilitation centre<br />

Participants 220 <strong>stroke</strong> <strong>patients</strong> discharge to the community from inpatient rehabilitation who are able to communicate<br />

and walk at least 10 meters without physical assistance<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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