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Fit for Function: A Community Wellness Program for Persons With Stroke

NCT01194102 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 61

Last updated 2018-04-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether persons with stroke participating in a 12-week community based wellness program for persons who have had a stroke, experience improved mobility (6 Minute Walk Test), balance, (The Short Portable Performance Test and Timed Up and Go), strength (JAMAR hand grip dynamometry), level of physical activity (Rapid Assessment of Physical Activity), reintegration in community (Reintegration into Normal Living Index), self efficacy (Patient Activation Measure) and Quality of Life (Stroke Specific Quality of Life Scale) compared to persons who do not participate in the program.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Community Based Exercise Program

Three supervised exercise sessions per week, including individual and group sessions aimed at strengthening, flexibility and cardiovascular exercise.

OTHER

Living with Stroke Education program

Weekly 1 hour long education sessions on living with stroke, aimed at helping participants take better care of their health after a stroke.

OTHER

YMCA membership

Participants have access to YMCA facilities along with up to 7 individual sessions with a fitness trainer.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Ontario Stroke Network

    collaborator OTHER

  • McMaster University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Julie Richardson, PhD · McMaster University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-10-31
Primary Completion
2012-10-31
Completion
2012-10-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

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