Aerobic Walking Exercise for Non-Ambulatory Stroke Survivors
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Neurology |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Neurology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 3/10/2019 |
| Start Date: | March 5, 2018 |
| End Date: | March 5, 2020 |
| Contact: | Abdulfattah Alqahtani |
| Email: | aalqahtani@kumc.edu |
| Phone: | 832-228-8799 |
By doing this study, researchers hope to learn the effects of aerobic exercise on heart,
lung, and bone health in people who cannot walk after a stroke.
lung, and bone health in people who cannot walk after a stroke.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Independent ambulation before stroke
- Be able to understand and follow verbal commands in English
- Have physicians' approval for exercise, and be in stable medical condition
- Participant's first stroke
- Unable to walk independently according to Functional Ambulation Category (FAC) (<2)
after in-patient rehabilitation treatment
- Between 6 weeks to 5 years after stroke onset
Exclusion Criteria:
- Current cardiovascular abnormalities other than stroke such as ischemic cardiovascular
event or coronary artery bypass surgery less than 3 months ago
- Musculoskeletal disorder which prevents subjects from participating in the exercise
- Resting blood pressure more than 200/110 mm Hg
- Current or previous pulmonary diseases in the past two years
- Osteoporosis and restricted passive movement in the major joints of the lower limbs
- Subjects will be excluded if they are unable to speak or understand English and/or
unable to travel to the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) Neuromuscular
Research Laboratory
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