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Van der Port (Continued)<br />

Interventions Intervention: progressive task-oriented circuit class <strong>training</strong> (CCT) two times per week <strong>for</strong> 12 weeks<br />

Control: usual individual face-to-face physiotherapy<br />

Outcomes Primary outcomes: mobility component of the Stroke Impact Scale (SIS-3.0); EuroQol<br />

Secondary outcomes: other domains of the SIS-3.0, lower limb muscle strength, walking endurance, gait<br />

speed, balance, instrumental activities of daily living, fatigue, anxiety, depression, and health related quality<br />

of life measures<br />

Starting date 2009<br />

Contact in<strong>for</strong>mation Van der Port, Centre of Excellence <strong>for</strong> Rehabilitation Medicine, Utrech, The Netherlands<br />

Email: i.v.d.port@dehoogstraat.nl<br />

Notes Dutch Trial Register NTR1534<br />

Vanroy<br />

Trial name or title The effect of an aerobic exercise programme in <strong>stroke</strong> <strong>patients</strong><br />

Methods Randomised clinical trial; parallel assignment; double blind<br />

Participants 50 participants<br />

Inclusion criteria: 3 to 6 weeks after first <strong>stroke</strong>. Ability to follow simple verbal instructions and cycle <strong>for</strong> ? 1<br />

minute at 20 Watt (at 50 revolution/minute)<br />

Interventions Intervention: regular rehabilitation plus cardiorespiratory <strong>training</strong>; 30 minutes per day, 3 days per week <strong>for</strong><br />

12 weeks. Cycle ergometry. After 12 weeks the experimental group is randomised to receive either feedback<br />

on how to continue <strong>training</strong> or no feedback<br />

Control: regular rehabilitation plus passive mobilisation<br />

Outcomes VO2 peak, strength, walking, activities of daily living, post-<strong>stroke</strong> fatigue, depression, lifestyle, cardiovascular<br />

risk factors<br />

Starting date Start: February 2010<br />

Completion: December 2011<br />

Contact in<strong>for</strong>mation Vanroy Christel, University College Antwerp<br />

Notes NCT01070459<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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