NCT02703805

Fit For Function: A Community Wellness Program for Persons With Stroke

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 218 (actual)
• Sponsor: McMaster University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Building on an earlier pilot study, this randomized controlled trial will compare the effectiveness of a 12 week community YMCA-based wellness program specifically designed for people with stroke (Fit for Function) to a standard YMCA membership.

Detailed description

The program will be delivered through a partnership between McMaster University, the YMCA and Hamilton Health Sciences/ the Brant Community Healthcare System/ the Niagara Health System. Participants will exercise three times a week and receive weekly education about how to take care of themselves after a stroke. The YMCA staff who deliver the program will have specialized training about how to help people with a stroke exercise safely and effectively. The hospital within each region will provide specialized on-site physiotherapy consultative support. The comparator standard YMCA membership will include typical sessions with a wellness coach who has basic safety training regarding stroke and exercise.

Conditions

• Cerebrovascular Accident

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Fit For Function Program	A 12-week YMCA-based wellness program for persons with stroke, consisting of 2 group exercise sessions, one gym exercise session and one education session per week with trained instructors
OTHER	Standard YMCA membership	A 12 week standard YMCA membership.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-05-01
• Primary completion: 2018-11-01
• Completion: 2018-11-01
• First posted: 2016-03-09
• Last updated: 2019-06-26

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: Canada