NCT02902367

Sms-guided Training After Acute Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack - a Randomized Controlled Trial

Effects of Sms-guided Outdoor Walking and Strength Training After Acute Stroke and TIA - a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Uppsala County Council, Sweden · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Eighty community-living individuals in Uppsala municipality will be included. Intervention: Outdoor walking exercise program and one strength exercise. Methods: Clinical assessments, questionnaires and medical records. Assessment of motor function, cognition, level of physical activity, food intake and perceived stress are performed at screening as baseline measurements. Walking capacity, mobility, handgrip strength, body composition and cardiovascular risk markers will be assessed at baseline and after 12 week of training. At one year after training health-related quality of life, another cardiovascular incidence and mortality will be documented.

Detailed description

Eighty community-living individuals in Uppsala municipality will be included in a randomized controlled trial with two arms. Intervention: Participants will perform an outdoor walking exercise program together with one strength exercise for 12 weeks. The intensity and frequency of the training will progressively increase. Participants are supposed to walk and perform strength training 5-7 days/week. Methods: Clinical assessments, questionnaires and medical records used for documentation of age, sex, comorbidity, blood pressure, medications and previous education. Assessment of motor function, cognition, level of physical activity, food intake and perceived stress are performed at screening as baseline measurements. Walking capacity (primary outcome measure), mobility, handgrip strength, body composition and cardiovascular risk markers will be assessed at baseline and after 12 week of training. At one year after training health-related quality of life, another cardiovascular incidence and mortality will be evaluated. Power analysis is performed. The investigators will analyze the data using an intention-to -treat analysis. Participants should have participated in at least 50% of the training sessions

Conditions

• Acute Stroke
• TIA (Transient Ischemic Attack)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Outdoor walking and strength exercise	Exercise group: Participants are supposed to perform an outdoor walking exercise program and one strength exercise for 12 weeks. The first 2 weeks start with daily walks. The intensity and frequency of walks will progressively increase performed according to the Borg scale: 12-15, ie, moderate to strenuous. Participants will walk 5-7 days/week. Added to this is a strength exercise, i.e. chair-rising which also should be performed daily.
OTHER	control group	Control-Group: Treatment as usual for 12 weeks, without restriction of being physically active.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-11-01
• Primary completion: 2018-03-01
• Completion: 2018-10-01
• First posted: 2016-09-15
• Last updated: 2017-09-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden