Telerehabilitation Program Bases Aerobic and Baduanjin Exercises in Post Stroke Elderly Patients

NCT06278259 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: P.T.REC/012/005023
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 68
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

It is an interventional study in which 68 stroke patients are estimated to be enrolled according to random allocation and will be divided into two groups. The study group participants will be involved in Telerehabilitation sessions, which will be based on aerobic exercises, guided by video with the Baduanjin exercise program; the control group will receive the same aerobic exercises only

Conditions

Stroke

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• six-minute walk test

  The 6MWT is a reliable and good measure of functional capacity. The test will be carried out according to the guidelines set forth by the American Thoracic Society (ATS).

  12 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Cognitive function

  12 weeks

• sleep quality

  12 weeks

• functional independence measure

  12 weeks

• physical function

  12 weeks

• berg balance scale

  12 weeks

Study Arms (2)

experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

The telerehabilitation program is moderately intense aerobic exercise 3 times per week and included 3 parts: warm-up, central part, and cool-down. Each session : 30 min, 3 sessions/ week for 3 months.With the Baduanjin exercise program is delivered individually, at each patient's home, through telerehabilitation, with direct remote supervision by a physiotherapist

Other: Telerehabilitation program bases aerobic and Baduanjin exercises

control group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The control group will receive the same aerobic exercises only

Other: Telerehabilitation program bases aerobic exercises

Interventions

Telerehabilitation program bases aerobic and Baduanjin exercises OTHER

It is an interventional study in which 68 stroke patients are estimated to enroll according to random allocation and divided into two groups. The study group participants involve in Telerehabilitation sessions is based on aerobic exercises, guided by video. The telerehabilitation program is aerobic exercise 3 times per week for 3 months. With the Baduanjin exercise program is delivered individually, at each patient's home, through telerehabilitation, with direct remote supervision by a physiotherapist

experimental group

Telerehabilitation program bases aerobic exercises OTHER

The telerehabilitation program is aerobic exercise 3 times per week for 3 months.

control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years - 75 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• The subject selection will be according to the following criteria:
• All Patients of this study will be diagnosed as stroke and the diagnosis will be confirmed by computed tomography or MRI (El-Tamawy et al., 2021).
• Age of patients will be more than or equal 65years (males and females).
• All patients will be hemodynamically stable.

You may not qualify if:

• The potential participants will be excluded if they meet one of the following criteria:
• Patients who cannot follow instructions as sensory aphasia, blindness, dementia, and deafness.
• Patients with any orthopedic, neurological, or chest disorders that affect trunk muscles control or cause respiratory disorders as COPD.
• Patients with psychiatric disorders.
• Patients with unstable cardiovascular conditions.
• uncontrolled hypertension, or other concomitant respiratory diseases
• participate at any research or rehabilitation program during the period of this study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Faculty of Physical Therapy

Cairo, Dokki, 11432, Egypt

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Stroke

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Cerebrovascular Disorders; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases

Study Officials

• marwa elsayed, PhD

  Cairo University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

marwa elsayed, PhD

CONTACT

0201156033818; marwa.elsaid@cu.edu.eg

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: assistant professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 14, 2024
• First Posted: February 26, 2024
• Study Start: February 20, 2024
• Primary Completion: November 28, 2025
• Study Completion: December 30, 2025
• Last Updated: August 13, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL
• Time Frame: one year
• Access Criteria: after acceptance of the publishing journal

Locations

EG (1)