NCT00184431

Does Intensive Task Specific Training Improve Balance After Acute Stroke?

A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Intensive Task Specific Training With Traditional Follow up Care After Discharge From a Stroke Unit.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 62 (actual)
• Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate whether additional task specific physiotherapy treatment and a self administrated home training program results in better balance compared to traditional follow up care.

Detailed description

Increased risk of falling is a major problem after stroke and impaired balance is one of the main reasons for falling. Early and intensive physiotherapy seems to be beneficial for functional outcome after stroke although it is still unknown whether one specific physiotherapy technique is better than another. Comparison: Traditional follow up care by the community health care system with additional task specific physiotherapy three times a week and a daily self administrated home training program compared to traditional follow up care by the community health care system.

Conditions

• Cerebrovascular Accident

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Physical therapy technique and exercises	The experimental group receives task specific physical therapy three times a week for the first four weeks after discharge from hospital and one session pr week for the next eight weeks in addition to ordinary physical therapy The active comparator group receives only ordinary physical therapy during this period.

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-04-01
• Primary completion: 2008-04-01
• Completion: 2008-04-01
• First posted: 2005-09-16
• Last updated: 2011-10-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway