Status:
COMPLETED
Fitness Training After Traumatic Brain Injury
Lead Sponsor:
Sydney South West Area Health Service
Collaborating Sponsors:
Motor Accidents Authority of NSW
Conditions:
Craniocerebral Trauma
Eligibility:
All Genders
15-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The aim of this project is to compare the efficacy of two different fitness exercise programmes on improving fitness and psychosocial functioning in a traumatic brain injured population. We hypothesiz...
Detailed Description
The objective of this project is to compare a three-month supervised fitness centre-based exercise programme to a 3-month unsupervised home-based exercise programme on discharge from inpatient rehabil...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients who have sustained a traumatic brain injury who have completed their inpatient rehabilitation at either of the three Sydney Metropolitan Brain Injury Units (Liverpool, Ryde or Westmead) will be included in this study if they:
- have sustained a very severe or extremely severe traumatic brain injury
- have had a hospital admission of \> 1 month
- are able to walk independently at \> 1 m/s on discharge
- are able to commit 3 hours per week to a fitness programme
- live within the area serviced by the 3 units
Exclusion
- have a concurrent medical condition for which moderate to high intensity exercise is contraindicated
- are still in Posttraumatic Amnesia (PTA)
- have cognitive or language problems that affect their ability to understand verbal instructions
- have behaviour problems not suitable for a fitness centre environment
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2003
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
March 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00251108
Start Date
October 1 2003
End Date
March 1 2007
Last Update
March 1 2007
Active Locations (3)
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1
Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit, Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1680
2
Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit, Liverpool Health Service
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2117
3
Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit, Westmead Hospital
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2145