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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00666744
Date of registration: 23/04/2008
Primary sponsor: University of Dublin, Trinity College
Public title: A Randomised Controlled Trial of Family Mediated Exercises (FAME) Following Stroke FAME
Scientific title: A Randomised Controlled Trial of Family Mediated Exercises (FAME) Following Stroke
Date of first enrolment: April 2008
Target sample size: 40
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00666744
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Ireland
Contacts
Name:   Emma K Stokes, PhD
Address: 
Telephone: 00 353 1 896 2127
Email: estokes@tcd.ie
Affiliation: 
Name:   Tara Cusack, PhD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  University College Dublin
Name:   Emma Stokes, PhD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  University of Dublin, Trinity College
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- diagnosis of first unilateral stroke

- Patients who score between 3.2 and 5.2 on the Orpington Prognostic Scale

- Patients participating in a physiotherapy programme

- Patients willing to give informed written consent

- Patients with family willing to participate in their assigned physiotherapy
intervention programme

Exclusion Criteria:

- hemiplegia of a non-vascular origin

- discharged from hospital less than two weeks following stroke

- pre-existing neurological disorder

- any lower limb orthopaedic condition that may limit exercise capacity

- aphasia

- cognitive impairment

- not willing to give written consent



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Balance
Weakness
Intervention(s)
Other: Family Mediated Exercise Therapy
Primary Outcome(s)
Fugl Meyer (FM) Assessment [Time Frame: Baseline, post intervention and 3 month follow-up]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Barthel Index (BI) [Time Frame: Baseline, post-intervention and 3 month follow up]
Berg Balance Scale (BBS) [Time Frame: Baseline, post intervention and 3 month follow-up]
Motor Assessment Scale (MAS) [Time Frame: Baseline, post-intervention and 3 month follow up]
Nottingham Extended Activities of Daily Living (EADL) [Time Frame: Baseline, post-intervention and 3 month follow up]
Re-integration into Normal Living Index (RNLI) [Time Frame: Baseline, post-intervention and 3 month follow up]
Six Minute Walk Test (SMWT) [Time Frame: Baseline, post-intervention and 3 month follow up]
Secondary ID(s)
08/19
Irish Heart Foundation - FAME
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Foundation for Medical Research
Friends of the Royal Hospital Donnybrook
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