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ExStroke Pilot Trial of the effect of repeated instructions to improve physical activity after ischaemic stroke
— a multinational randomised controlled clinical trial | | Author(s) | Gudrun Boysen, Lars-Henrik Krarup, Xianrong Zeng |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 339, no 7715, 1 August 2009 |
| Pages | pp 273-276 |
| Source | www.bmj.com |
| Keywords | Stroke ; Mobility ; Exercise ; Pilot ; Clinical surveys ; Denmark ; China ; Eastern Europe ; Poland. |
| Annotation | In this randomised controlled clinical trial conducted in stroke units in Denmark, China, Poland and Estonia, participants were 314 patients with ischaemic stroke aged 40+ who were able to walk - 157 (mean age 69.7) randomised to the intervention, 157 (mean age 69.4) in the control group. Patients randomised to the intervention were instructed in a detailed training programme before discharge at at 5 follow-up visits during 24 months. Control patients had follow-up visits with the same frequency, but without instructions in physical activity. The estimated Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE) scores were 69.1 for the intervention group and 64.0 in the control group. The intervention had no significant effect on mortality, recurrent stroke, myocardial infarction, or falls and fractures. Repeated encouragement and verbal instruction in being physically active did not lead to a significant increase in physical activity measured by the PASE score. More intensive strategies seem to be needed to promote physical activity after ischaemic stroke. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090902509 A |
| Classmark | CQA: C4: CEA: 4UC: 3G: 76K: 7DC: 7A: 7AE * |
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