Recruiting

Non-Contact Boxing

Sponsor:

Texas Woman's University

Code:

NCT07934108

Conditions

Stroke Chronic

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Community-based non-contact boxing group exercise

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to examine if non-contact boxing exercises improve balance, physical performance, quality of life and physical activity in adults with chronic stroke. It will also learn about the physical activity trend in adults with chronic stroke. The main research questions of the study are:

  • Do community-based non-contact boxing exercises improve the balance in participants with chronic stroke?
  • How is the exercise intensity of boxing exercises in individuals with chronic stroke? Researchers will test one group of participants without a comparison group.

Participants will need to complete the following tasks over 8 weeks:

  • Participate in the boxing exercise program once per week for 8 weeks
  • Attend two evaluation sessions: the initial and the final evaluation sessions.
  • Keep a diary of their daily step counts
  • Learn to assess their own physical fatigue and mental fatigue level during boxing exercise sessions.

Conditions

Stroke Chronic

Study ID

NCT07934108

Start date

Aug 28, 2026

Status verified date

Nov, 2026

Completion date

Aug 31, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug 31, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

(1) Adults (age 18-80 years): (2) With chronic stroke (over 9 months), (3) Walk independently with or without an assistive device for a household distance (4) Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) score 23 or higher, (5) Self-report doing fine in daily activities (6) have passed the fall risk screening by the instructor (a physical therapist) of exercise program at the TWU Stroke Center to participate in the community-based group exercises.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • with a hospital admission in 3 months,
  • impaired cognition (MoCA score 22 or less)
  • Dyspnea at rest
  • with fever or self-report palpitation
  • cannot walk for a household distance with an assistive device
  • Currently active participation in other community exercise programs., receiving training at a physical therapy clinic, or self-exercise regularly on their own
  • Inability to participate in one hour of low- to moderate-intensity exercise, even with frequent short breaks
  • did not pass the fall risk screening during physical therapy examination

Study Design

Enrollment

40 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Non-contact boxing exercise

non-contact group boxing exercises will be delivered at a community setting.

Interventions

Community-based non-contact boxing group exercise

The non-contact boxing exercise in delivered as a group once per week at a community-based setting for 8 weeks

Primary outcome measure

  • The ABC scale [ Time Frame: 8 weeks ]
  • PHQ-9 [ Time Frame: 8 weeks ]
  • The Berg Balance Scale [ Time Frame: 8 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Suh-Jen Lin, PT, PhD

2146897718slin@twu.edu

Jyutika Mehta, PhD

214-689-6508jmehta@twu.edu

Locations

The Mike A. Myers Stoke Center of Texas Woman's University - Dallas

Recruiting

Dallas, Texas, United States, 75235

Contacts

Suh-Jen Lin, PhD

214-689-7718slin@twu.edu

Jyutika Mehta, PhD

214-689-6508jmehta@twu.edu

Principal Investigator:

Suh-Jen Lin, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

Texas Woman's University

Last update posted

Nov 12, 2026

Last verified

Nov, 2026

Keywords

  • Boxing exercise, mental effort, Rating of Perceived Exertion

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-11-13. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Texas Woman's University on 2026-11-12. Recruitment status is synced daily from ClinicalTrials.gov and may not reflect the sponsor's current status. Confirm during your call.