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Exercise as an Adjuvant to Aphasia Therapy

NCT01113879 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 9

Last updated 2019-07-22

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Summary

The purpose of the study is to reveal if individuals who participate in aerobic activity demonstrate greater improvement in language abilities than patients who do not participate in aerobic activity.

Conditions

  • Aphasia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Aerobic exercise

An aerobic exercise intervention will target cardiorespiratory fitness by progressing from 50-70% of the participants' maximum heart rate.

BEHAVIORAL

Stretching

Stretching will occur for 50 minutes a day, three days/week for 12 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Brooks Rehabilitation

    collaborator OTHER

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Stacy M. Harnish, PhD CCC/SLP · North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
95 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-07-31
Primary Completion
2012-07-31
Completion
2012-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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