Inflammatory Abnormalities in Muscle After Stroke: Effects of Exercise
NCT ID: NCT00387712
Last Updated: 2017-09-14
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COMPLETED
NA
99 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2006-10-31
2014-08-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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The investigators have investigated treadmill aerobic exercise (T-AEX), as a task-oriented training model. This exercise model can reverse the alterations in MHC profile in hemiparetic leg muscles after stroke. This T-AEX program also improves fitness (VO2) levels, leg strength, and ambulatory performance in chronic stroke. Moreover, post hoc analyses our randomized treadmill exercise program show that specific features of the exercise prescription likely influence the nature of exercise-mediated adaptations.
Hypothesis: The investigators propose a randomized clinical study to investigate the hypothesis that in chronic stroke patients a 6 month velocity-based progressive T-AEX program is superior to duration-based progressive T-AEX for improving hemiparetic (HP) leg skeletal muscle contractile protein expression and reducing inflammatory markers to improve muscle function, fitness, and ambulation.
Specific Aims: 1) Determine whether skeletal muscle MHC isoform expression is altered and inflammatory mediators, TNF and markers of NFkB activation, present in the hemiparetic vastus lateralis muscle, compared the non-paretic leg and matched non-stroke control leg muscles, and related to muscle function, fitness, and gait performance. 2) Determine whether 6 months progressive T-AEX programs can attenuate this abnormal MHC profile and inflammatory mediators to improve muscle structure and function.
Methods: At baseline, bilateral vastus lateralis (VL) biopsies are obtained from chronically disabled, stroke participants with hemiparetic gait to examine the HP and non-P thigh skeletal muscles for alterations in MHC isoforms, key muscle contractile protein, and evidence for inflammation (TNFa) and NFkB activation. Participants are randomized to 6 months of progressive velocity-based or duration-based T-AEX training. Repeat VL muscle biopsies are obtained in the HP limb only after exercise interventions to assess whether 6-month exercise rehabilitation can restore MHC profile and attenuate activation of inflammatory pathways. Expression of the specific MHC isoforms, TNF, and NFKB marker expression (mRNA and protein) are investigated in these muscle tissues by real-time real time (RT)- polymerase chain reaction (PCR), Western Blot analysis, and immunohistochemistry. The investigators will explore relationships between T-AEX mediated changes in MHC expression and inflammatory activation in skeletal muscle after stroke to improve muscle strength, muscle performance, fitness and activity levels, activities of daily living (ADL) performance, and gait deficit severity.
Anticipated Results and Relevance: The cross-sectional baseline data will provide the first systematic study of a substantial cohort of stroke patients to define the relationship between altered structural and contractile protein expression to both muscle physiology and clinical measures of muscle performance, metabolic fitness, and rehabilitation mobility outcomes. HP VL muscle will be directly compared to the non-paretic (NP) limb muscle within-subjects and to non-stroke reference controls, in order to better understand the scope of skeletal muscle inflammatory and metabolic abnormalities in the stroke population. The intervention results will allow us to determine the specific requirements of treadmill training that are optimal and crucial to produce the exercise-mediated adaptations in hemiparetic skeletal muscle that lead to improved rehabilitation outcomes to reduce the disability of chronic stroke.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Velocity based treadmill training
6 month of progressive treadmill walking with treadmill speed gradually progressed to meet the training heart rate goals for moderate intensity aerobic exercise, when hemiparetic gait velocity can no longer be safely progressed, incline is added to achieve the heart rate training goals.
Velocity based treadmill training
6 month of progressive treadmill walking with a safety harness and hand rail support to prevent falls. Treadmill speed is gradually progressed to meet the training heart rate goals for moderate aerobic exercise, when hemiparetic gait velocity can no longer be progressed, incline is added to achieve heart rate training goals. Progression is also based on participant's tolerance, abilities and safety.
Duration based treadmill training
6 month of progressive treadmill walking with duration is gradually progressed to meet the endurance goals for low aerobic intensity exercise, gait velocity and incline do not progress.
Duration based treadmill training
6 month of progressive treadmill walking with a safety harness and hand rail support to prevent falls. Treadmill duration is gradually progressed to meet the endurance goals for low aerobic intensity exercise, gait velocity and incline do not progress. Progression is based on participant's tolerance, abilities and safety.
Interventions
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Velocity based treadmill training
6 month of progressive treadmill walking with a safety harness and hand rail support to prevent falls. Treadmill speed is gradually progressed to meet the training heart rate goals for moderate aerobic exercise, when hemiparetic gait velocity can no longer be progressed, incline is added to achieve heart rate training goals. Progression is also based on participant's tolerance, abilities and safety.
Duration based treadmill training
6 month of progressive treadmill walking with a safety harness and hand rail support to prevent falls. Treadmill duration is gradually progressed to meet the endurance goals for low aerobic intensity exercise, gait velocity and incline do not progress. Progression is based on participant's tolerance, abilities and safety.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Age 40-80
* Stable neurologic deficits
* Able to walk with an assistive device
* Language skills to understand the training program safely
Exclusion Criteria
* No dementias or depression
40 Years
80 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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VA Office of Research and Development
FED
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Charlene Hafer-Macko, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore
Locations
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VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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References
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Ivey FM, Hafer-Macko CE, Macko RF. Exercise training for cardiometabolic adaptation after stroke. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2008 Jan-Feb;28(1):2-11. doi: 10.1097/01.HCR.0000311501.57022.a8.
Ivey FM, Hafer-Macko CE, Macko RF. Task-oriented treadmill exercise training in chronic hemiparetic stroke. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2008;45(2):249-59. doi: 10.1682/jrrd.2007.02.0035.
Prior SJ, McKenzie MJ, Joseph LJ, Ivey FM, Macko RF, Hafer-Macko CE, Ryan AS. Reduced skeletal muscle capillarization and glucose intolerance. Microcirculation. 2009 Apr;16(3):203-12. doi: 10.1080/10739680802502423. Epub 2009 Feb 16.
McKenzie MJ, Yu S, Macko RF, McLenithan JC, Hafer-Macko CE. Human genome comparison of paretic and nonparetic vastus lateralis muscle in patients with hemiparetic stroke. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2008;45(2):273-81. doi: 10.1682/jrrd.2007.02.0036.
Ivey FM, Ryan AS, Hafer-Macko CE, Macko RF. Improved cerebral vasomotor reactivity after exercise training in hemiparetic stroke survivors. Stroke. 2011 Jul;42(7):1994-2000. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.607879. Epub 2011 Jun 2.
Ryan AS, Ivey FM, Prior S, Li G, Hafer-Macko C. Skeletal muscle hypertrophy and muscle myostatin reduction after resistive training in stroke survivors. Stroke. 2011 Feb;42(2):416-20. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.602441. Epub 2010 Dec 16.
Hafer-Macko CE, Ryan AS, Ivey FM, Macko RF. Skeletal muscle changes after hemiparetic stroke and potential beneficial effects of exercise intervention strategies. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2008;45(2):261-72. doi: 10.1682/jrrd.2007.02.0040.
Ryan AS, Buscemi A, Forrester L, Hafer-Macko CE, Ivey FM. Atrophy and intramuscular fat in specific muscles of the thigh: associated weakness and hyperinsulinemia in stroke survivors. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2011 Nov-Dec;25(9):865-72. doi: 10.1177/1545968311408920. Epub 2011 Jul 6.
Ivey FM, Stookey AD, Hafer-Macko CE, Ryan AS, Macko RF. Higher Treadmill Training Intensity to Address Functional Aerobic Impairment after Stroke. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2015 Nov;24(11):2539-46. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2015.07.002. Epub 2015 Aug 21.
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Other Identifiers
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B3834-R
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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