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High Intensity Functional Training

Sponsor:

Arkansas Colleges of Health Education

Code:

NCT05951985

Conditions

Neurologic Disorder

Parkinson Disease

Spinal Cord Injuries

Spina Bifida

Stroke

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

HIFT

Study Details

Brief summary:

Individuals with and without neurologic diagnoses greatly benefit from participation in regular exercise but the majority are physically inactive. This is an issue for both them and their care partners as their health is often linked. This study aims to examine the long-term physical and psychosocial effects of structured, group-based, high intensity functional training (HIFT) exercise for people with neurologic diagnoses and their care partners.

Conditions

Neurologic Disorder

Parkinson Disease

Spinal Cord Injuries

Spina Bifida

Stroke

Study ID

NCT05951985

Start date

Aug 15, 2023

Status verified date

Sep, 2023

Completion date

Aug 14, 2025

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug 14, 2025

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Participants must be at least 18 years of age
  • Participants must be able to communicate and read in English
  • Participants must have physician and/or advanced practice provider clearance to exercise
  • Participants must have a neurologic diagnosis (e.g., spinal cord injury, Parkinson's, brain injury, stroke, poliomyelitis, multiple sclerosis, spina bifida, etc.) OR participants must be care partner of a person with neurologic diagnosis.
  • Participants must possess at least 4/5 elbow flexion strength bilaterally
  • Participants must be able to locomote independently (i.e., ambulate or propel a manual or power wheelchair independently).
  • Participants must provide their own transportation to/from the research study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Participants will be excluded if they fail to meet any of the inclusion requirements

Study Design

Enrollment

100 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: HIFT Exercise

In this single group design, all participants will be provided with up to two years of twice weekly supervised group exercise.

Interventions

HIFT

Exercise sessions will be 60 to 75 minutes in duration and be a combination of resistance, aerobic, and balance exercise, with emphasis on functional movements performed at a high intensity. Exercises will be tailored/modified to meet the needs of each participant.

Primary outcome measure

  • Participant Attendance at 24 months [ Time Frame: After 24 months of intervention ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Reed Handlery, PhD

479-401-6016reed.handlery@achehealth.edu

Kaci Handlery, DPT

479-401-6017kaci.handlery@achehealth.edu

Locations

Arkansas Colleges of Health Education

Recruiting

Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States, 72916

Contacts

Reed Handlery, PhD

479-401-6016reed.handlery@achehealth.edu

Kaci Handlery, DPT

479-401-6017kaci.handlery@achehealth.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Arkansas Colleges of Health Education

Last update posted

Sep 11, 2023

Last verified

Sep, 2023

Keywords

  • hift
  • exercise

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-18. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Arkansas Colleges of Health Education on 2023-09-11.