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Stroke in Young Adults Outdoor Rehabilitation

NCT04314388 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2022-08-29

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Summary

This research project aims to improve and promote physical activity participation in the outdoors and use outdoor walking as a form of long-term rehabilitation for young adults who have had a stroke.

This research is specifically focused on adults of working age (e.g. 18 to 65 years classed as young adults) as there is little to no research or rehabilitation programmes for young adults who have had a stroke on how best to regain function and independence to return to social/leisure activities, employment and education. During this study, The investigators will measure how fast a young adult who has had a stroke walks, how much energy they use to walk and how their joints move when walking. The investigators will also use questionnaires to measure how confident a young adult who has had a stroke is and how they feel when outdoors.

This project could highlight the positive role of exercising in outdoor natural environments to promote recovery following stroke in young adults. The investigators predict that an outdoor-walking rehabilitation programme could motivate the young stroke population to better engage in their rehabilitation, as walking in more challenging environments could facilitate an increase in the desire to walk outdoors and confidence.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Intervention: Outdoor Walking Rehabilitation Programme

Participants in the intervention group will take part in an instructor led outdoor walking rehabilitation programme which will last for 3 months. Alongside this participants will also be asked to complete a home exercise programme.

OTHER

Control: The light Stretches Programme

Participants in the control group will be asked to keep to their normal activities of daily living, and given 10 targeted active stretches of the upper and lower body.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Brecon Beacons National Park Authority

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Manchester Metropolitan University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hannah Jarvis · Research Associate

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-07-19
Primary Completion
2021-10-08
Completion
2022-04-08

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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