NCT01113879

Exercise as an Adjuvant to Aphasia Therapy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 9 (actual)
• Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 95 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study is to reveal if individuals who participate in aerobic activity demonstrate greater improvement in language abilities than patients who do not participate in aerobic activity.

Detailed description

The objective of this research project is to reveal if individuals who participate in aerobic activity demonstrate greater improvement in language abilities with treatment than patients who do not participate in aerobic activity. As secondary objectives, we will determine if there is a direct relationship between either brain efficiency or increases in Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) after exercise and higher learning rates in aphasia.

Conditions

• Aphasia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Aerobic exercise	An aerobic exercise intervention will target cardiorespiratory fitness by progressing from 50-70% of the participants' maximum heart rate.
BEHAVIORAL	Stretching	Stretching will occur for 50 minutes a day, three days/week for 12 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-07-01
• Primary completion: 2012-07-01
• Completion: 2012-08-01
• First posted: 2010-04-30
• Last updated: 2019-07-22
• Results posted: 2019-07-22

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States