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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
12 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2021-07-19
2022-04-08
Brief Summary
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This research is specifically focused on adults of working age (e.g. 18 to 65 years classed as young adults) as there is little to no research or rehabilitation programmes for young adults who have had a stroke on how best to regain function and independence to return to social/leisure activities, employment and education. During this study, The investigators will measure how fast a young adult who has had a stroke walks, how much energy they use to walk and how their joints move when walking. The investigators will also use questionnaires to measure how confident a young adult who has had a stroke is and how they feel when outdoors.
This project could highlight the positive role of exercising in outdoor natural environments to promote recovery following stroke in young adults. The investigators predict that an outdoor-walking rehabilitation programme could motivate the young stroke population to better engage in their rehabilitation, as walking in more challenging environments could facilitate an increase in the desire to walk outdoors and confidence.
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Detailed Description
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For the development of the outdoor-walking rehabilitation programme, the Consensus for Exercise Reporting Template (CERT) was followed. The outdoor-walking rehabilitation programme will run over 3 months and take place in Wales, United Kingdom. Each week will include once-per-week, outdoor-walking instructor-led sessions. The walking routes planned for the rehabilitation programme will be detailed in an exercise diary provided to the participant. This will include information such as distance, terrain (e.g gravel, tarmac, grass), environment (e.g woodland, lowland, moorland), gradient (e.g uphill to downhill ratio, how steep/ flat) and perceived level of difficulty.
The primary outcome measures for this study are walking speed and quality of life. Secondary outcomes include metabolic cost and biomechanical function. Outcomes will be measured pre and post 3-month rehabilitation data collection. Walking speed and metabolic cost will be measured during a 3-minute walking protocol. Quality of life will be measured using the standardised Stroke Aphasia Quality of Life (SAQOL), Confidence after stroke measure (CaSM) and Nature-relatedness scale (NR). Participants will also be asked to provide three difficulties they have experienced post-stroke (e.g difficulty walking) and three aims (e.g to go back to work) .
Biomechanical function will involve analysing joint kinetic and kinematics and measured during the biomechanical function protocol. Adherence to the outdoor-walking rehabilitation programme will be measured pre, post-rehabilitation and follow-up through the use of the exercise diary and questionnaires.
The results from this project will be used as benchmark data to provide evidence to support the role of outdoor rehabilitation in natural outdoor environments and green spaces for promoting health and wellbeing of young adults who have had a stroke.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
OTHER
NONE
Study Groups
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Intervention: Outdoor walking Rehabilitation Programme
Participants in the intervention will be provided with an exercise diary. This will include walking routes for the instructor led 3-month outdoor-walking rehabilitation programme. The exercise diary will also include home exercises for the participants to complete twice-per-week that will be explained in detail, using coaching points and images to support. As these exercises will be completed at home. Each exercise has four progressions ranging from easy to hard.
Intervention: Outdoor Walking Rehabilitation Programme
Participants in the intervention group will take part in an instructor led outdoor walking rehabilitation programme which will last for 3 months. Alongside this participants will also be asked to complete a home exercise programme.
Control: The light Stretches Programme
The control group intervention will be a non-exercise intervention to avoid training effects. The control group will be asked to keep to their normal activities of daily living and given ten targeted active stretches for the upper and lower body three times per week at home. Participants in the control group will each be provided a booklet for the given stretches.
Control: The light Stretches Programme
Participants in the control group will be asked to keep to their normal activities of daily living, and given 10 targeted active stretches of the upper and lower body.
Interventions
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Intervention: Outdoor Walking Rehabilitation Programme
Participants in the intervention group will take part in an instructor led outdoor walking rehabilitation programme which will last for 3 months. Alongside this participants will also be asked to complete a home exercise programme.
Control: The light Stretches Programme
Participants in the control group will be asked to keep to their normal activities of daily living, and given 10 targeted active stretches of the upper and lower body.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Aged 18-65 years
* Male or Female
* Stroke within the last 3 years
* Cause of stroke from cerebral infarct or haemorrhage that is clinically evident or from a Computerised Tomography Scan (CT Scan) or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Scan
* Able to walk continuously for 5 minutes and have a walking speed between 0.6 and 0.9m/s. Walking speed will be ascertained by physiotherapists using the 10-metre walk test (10MWT).
* If a participant has cognitive impairment we will rely on the expertise of the clinical team as to whether they have an adequate cognitive function to provide informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
* Amputation of more than one digit
* Unable to speak or comprehend English\*
* Unable to or unwilling to comprehend informed consent
* A patient is currently participating in another rehabilitation programme or study
* Welsh translated versions of the participant information sheet, consent form and contact form will be provided to all participants. However, the participant must be able to understand spoken English as the data collection protocols will be explained in English by the researcher.
18 Years
65 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Brecon Beacons National Park Authority
UNKNOWN
Manchester Metropolitan University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Dr Hannah Jarvis
Lecturer
Principal Investigators
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Hannah Jarvis
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Research Associate
Locations
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Cwm Taf Morgannwg university Health Board
Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taff, United Kingdom
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Newport, South Wales, United Kingdom
Swansea Bay University Health Board
Swansea, South Wales, United Kingdom
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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271699_OutdoorStrokeRehab
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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