NCT01070459

The Effect of an Aerobic Exercise Programme in Stroke Patients

The Effect of an Aerobic Training Programme on the Aerobic Capacity, Functional Behavior and the Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Stroke Patients

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: University College of Antwerp · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to investigate the effect of aerobic exercise on the aerobic capacity, the daily functioning, post-stroke fatigue , depression and cardiovascular risk factors in stroke patients.

Detailed description

People with neurologic impairments after stroke often show decreased aerobic exercise capacity. The etiologies of which are assigned to physiologic changes in paretic muscle, gait deficits and disability-related deconditioning. This declares that stroke patients live an inactive lifestyle and therefore stay cardiovascular risk patients. The usefulness of aerobic training on aerobic capacity is recently been proved in clinical stroke research. However, no study can shown the long-term effect of aerobic exercises. Also the effect of aerobic exercises on daily functioning, fatigue and depression in stroke needs to be established.

Conditions

• Cerebrovascular Accident

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Aerobic exercise group	The patients continue their regular therapy in the rehabilitation center. They participate in a 12-week programme of aerobic training 30 minutes/session, using a leg cycle bike. Patients will be trained three times a week. The heartrate will vary from 50 tot 75% of their predicted heart rate. Each patient will be provided with an progressive exercise prescription based on 50-75% of their predicted maximum heartrate. Throughout the training sessions the heart rate will be monitored continuously with a polar pulse rate. Within these 12 week exercise programme four information sessions will be offered to patients and relatives about risk factors of stroke, usefulness of an active lifestyle and healthy eating.
BEHAVIORAL	Control group	The patients continue their regular therapy in the rehabilitation center. They participate in a 12-week programme of passive mobilisation of the hemiplegic knee, using a continuous passive motion device. Patients will be trained three times a week, 30 minutes/session.
BEHAVIORAL	Follow-up first aerobic exercise group	The experimental aerobic exercise will be divided in two groups at random after the 12 weeks aerobic exercise programme. The first group will get feedback on how to train further their aerobic capacity within the following 9 months. The second group will not undergo the feedback programme.
BEHAVIORAL	Follow-up control group	No intervention will be offered in a period of 9 months after the passive mobilisation programme
BEHAVIORAL	Follow-up second aerobic exercise group	The experimental aerobic exercise will be divided in two groups at random after the 12 weeks aerobic exercise programme. The second group will not undergo the feedback programme. This group will be measured but not treated with an intervention programme

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-02-01
• Primary completion: 2010-12-01
• Completion: 2011-12-01
• First posted: 2010-02-18
• Last updated: 2010-04-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium