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Ballistic Strength Training in Stroke: A Pilot Study

NCT01958736 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 31

Last updated 2016-10-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This pilot study intends to evaluate whether stroke patients can complete ballistic strength exercises for thirty minutes, three times per week over a six week training period in addition to their existing rehabilitation program.

It will evaluate whether using ballistic training principles, is superior in improving mobility compared with usual care exercises to improve mobility and leg strength in stroke patients.

In this study there will be 15 participants per group, a total of 30 participants. The control group will receive usual care consistent with existing rehabilitation practice and literature. The experimental group will perform task specific strength training in a ballistic fashion.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Ballistic Strength Training

The experimental group will complete jump squats on the leg sled, single leg toe push offs (or bilateral where unable to complete single), alternating legs (i.e. bounding), mini tramp jumping, progressing to jogging, quick hip flexion and bounding on land.

OTHER

Usual Care Physiotherapy

This group will complete a suite of exercises based upon existing rehabilitation practices that aim to improve mobility after stroke. The supervising physiotherapist will select and progress the exercises, recording the performance of exercises in an exercise log and detailing incidence of adverse events. Exercise selection will include: gait retraining, cardiovascular fitness, lower limb strengthening, static and dynamic balance.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Australian Catholic University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Bayside Health

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Genevieve C Hendrey, B Phys (Hons) · The Alfred

  • Anne E Holland, PhD · Alfred Health and La Trobe University

  • Gavin Williams, PhD · Epworth Healthcare, Melbourne University, La Trobe University

  • Ross Clark, PhD · Australian Catholic University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-02-28
Primary Completion
2016-09-30
Completion
2016-09-30

Countries

  • Australia

Study Locations

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