Recruiting

Aerobic Walking

Sponsor:

University of Kansas Medical Center

Code:

NCT03479632

Conditions

Stroke

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Aerobic walking program

Standard physical therapy

Study Details

Brief summary:

By doing this study, researchers hope to learn the effects of aerobic exercise on heart, lung, and bone health in people who cannot walk after a stroke.

Conditions

Stroke

Study ID

NCT03479632

Start date

Mar 5, 2018

Status verified date

Mar, 2019

Completion date

Mar 5, 2020

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 5, 2019

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Independent ambulation before stroke
  • Be able to understand and follow verbal commands in English
  • Have physicians' approval for exercise, and be in stable medical condition
  • Participant's first stroke
  • Unable to walk independently according to Functional Ambulation Category (FAC) (<2) after in-patient rehabilitation treatment
  • Between 6 weeks to 5 years after stroke onset

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Current cardiovascular abnormalities other than stroke such as ischemic cardiovascular event or coronary artery bypass surgery less than 3 months ago
  • Musculoskeletal disorder which prevents subjects from participating in the exercise
  • Resting blood pressure more than 200/110 mm Hg
  • Current or previous pulmonary diseases in the past two years
  • Osteoporosis and restricted passive movement in the major joints of the lower limbs
  • Subjects will be excluded if they are unable to speak or understand English and/or unable to travel to the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) Neuromuscular Research Laboratory

Study Design

Enrollment

40 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Intervention Group

The intervention group will undergo an aerobic walking program using a treadmill, a body-weight support system, and an assistive device.

active comparator: Control Group

The control group will receive standard physical therapy (PT).

Interventions

Aerobic walking program

Participants will make 24 visits over an 8 week period, having 3 sessions per week. Each session will last about one hour.

Standard physical therapy

Participants will receive standard care they normally would after a stroke.

Primary outcome measure

  • Resting Heart Rate [ Time Frame: Change from Baseline to Week 8 ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Abdulfattah Alqahtani

832-228-8799aalqahtani@kumc.edu

Locations

University of Kansas Medical Center

Recruiting

Kansas City, Kansas, United States, 66160

More Information

Sponsor

University of Kansas Medical Center

Last update posted

Mar 8, 2019

Last verified

Mar, 2019

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Kansas Medical Center on 2019-03-08.