NCT01322607

Task-oriented Training for Stroke: Impact on Function Mobility

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Residual neurological deficits from stroke lead to gait inefficiencies, resulting in an extremely high energy cost of movement and contributing to overall disability and lower quality of life. Therefore, interventions targeting movement economy should be developed for those in the chronic phase of stroke recovery. This study is designed to compare the effect of two distinctly different exercise paradigms (a higher-intensity treadmill training program and a lower-intensity group exercise program) on economy of movement during over-ground walking and activities of daily living, as well as the extent to which gains in muscular strength, muscular endurance, and balance predict changes in movement economy.

Conditions

• Cerebrovascular Accident
• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	High-intensity Treadmill Exercise	High-intensity treadmill walking program
BEHAVIORAL	Low-intensity Lifestyle Intervention	A low-intensity lifestyle intervention targeted towards group exercises incorporating balance, coordination, and strength.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-07-01
• Primary completion: 2014-01-01
• Completion: 2015-01-01
• First posted: 2011-03-24
• Last updated: 2016-04-06
• Results posted: 2016-04-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States