06.01.2013 Views

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

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

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

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

Wolff<br />

Trial name or title Effects of strength <strong>training</strong> on upper-limb function in post-<strong>stroke</strong> hemiparesis<br />

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

Participants 60 adults, males and females, 18 years of older<br />

Interventions Intervention: standard functional rehabilitation (SFR) combined with high-intensity resistance exercise<br />

(strength <strong>training</strong>)<br />

Control: SFR<br />

Outcomes Outcome measures will include strength (maximal voluntary isovelocity joint torque), hypertonia (onset<br />

threshold of the stretch reflex, Modified Ashworth Scale), standard clinical assessment of activities of daily<br />

living (Barthel Index, Functional Independence Measure), and upper extremity motor function (Fugl-Meyer<br />

exam, Functional Test of the Hemiparetic Upper Extremity)<br />

Starting date Start: October 2000<br />

Completion date September 2003<br />

Contact in<strong>for</strong>mation David Wolff, Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, Palo Alto, Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, USA<br />

Notes NCT00037908. The trial has been completed but not yet published<br />

BMCA: brain motor control assessment<br />

CCR: Circulatory, Cardiac and Respiratory Research Program<br />

CES-D: Center <strong>for</strong> Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale<br />

COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease<br />

FAC: Functional Ambulation Classification<br />

FIM: Functional Independence Measure<br />

TIA: transient ischaemic attack<br />

TMS: transcranial magnetic stimulation<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 />

88

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!