Home-based self-management for sedentary individuals with mild walking disability after stroke: protocol for a randomised pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A Phase I study showed that it is feasible to implement a home-based self-management program aimed at increasing physical activity in individuals after stroke with mild walking disability in Brazil. The next step is to test this program against a control group in order to provide a power analysis for a fully-powered Phase III clinical trial.

Methods

A Phase II pilot randomised clinical trial with concealed allocation, blinded measurement, and intention-to-treat analyses will be carried out. The inclusion criteria will be individuals diagnosed with stroke, in the acute or subacute phase, with mild walking disability, sedentary, and no significant language impairment. The participants will be randomly allocated to the experimental or control group. The experimental

SUBMITTER: Alvarenga MTM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10659041 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature