NCT01694992

Very Early Rehabilitation in Acute Ischemic Stroke

Randomized Clinical Trial of Very Early Rehabilitation Compared With Conventional Rehabilitation in Acute Ischemic Stroke in the Vascular Unit of the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre - HCPA

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 1 / Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 184 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a rehabilitation (physiotherapy) program in patients with acute ischemic stroke in Acute Vascular Unit and in general ward of Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, and to verify the degree of disability at fourteenth and third month, functional improvement at third month, the frequency of deaths and incidence of complications due to immobility and quantify the time spent in hospital.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Early mobilization	The Intervention Group - Early Mobilization - will follow the early physiotherapy program within the first 24 - 48 hours after acute ischemic stroke, five times per week for 30 minutes plus time to spent out of bed (sitting).

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-03-01
• Primary completion: 2012-12-01
• Completion: 2015-08-01
• First posted: 2012-09-27
• Last updated: 2012-09-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil