The Effect of Aerobic Exercise in Patients With Lacunar Stroke

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Trial end date: 2024-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

In a randomized-controlled study the effect of high-intensity training, 5 days a week at home for 12 weeks is tested in patients with lacunar stroke.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Herlev Hospital
• Collaborators: Association of Danish Physiotherapists; University of Copenhagen

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• lacunar stroke verified by clinical examination and CT- or MRI-scans

• able to speak and read Danish

Exclusion Criteria:

• previous large artery stroke,

• symptoms or co-morbidities in the musculoskeletal system, which hinder bicycling,

• dyspnoea caused by heart or pulmonary disease,

• aphasia or dementia which hinder completion of the Talk Test.

Amendment 1 (version 4.0, June 2016) has been modified to allow an extended inclusion period from 0-21 days (previously 0-7 days).

Also, to allow inclusion of patients with recurrent lacunar stroke, with clinical symptoms and a corresponding ischemic lesion on MRI.

Amendment 2 (version 5.0, June 2017) has allowed inclusion from two other stroke units in the Capital Region of Copenhagen due to low recruitment rate. The article describes protocol version 5.0 from June 6th. 2017