Carer Involvement in Exercises for People With Acquired Brain Injury.

NCT06952595 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 334551 (196-10-23)
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 20
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Increasing the amount of exercises completed has been shown to help recovery for people after a brain injury. This study will explore if providing extra training of exercises prescribed to a patient and carer team, will allow more practice of these exercises, better abilities to move and balance, and to assess if carer confidence changes with doing this. It is a repeated case design in the in-patient acute Neurosciences setting at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust (NNUH).

Conditions

Acquired Brain Injury (Including Stroke)

Keywords

Stoke; Acquired brain injury; rehabilitation; exercise therapy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Log of exercise repetitions

  Log of exercise repetitions completed by patient and relative/carer team (on exercise record log), VAS score (Visual analogue score) rating 0- no confidence to 10- very confident for carer confidence pre and post intervention.

  Pre and post intervention: 4 weeks or at point of discharge from acute Trust.

Study Arms (1)

Exercises for people with acquired brain injury

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: five exercises prescribed and taught to carers and participants

Interventions

five exercises prescribed and taught to carers and participants BEHAVIORAL

Up to five exercises prescribed and taught to carers and participants in an acute hospital setting fort hem to continue to practice as able.

Exercises for people with acquired brain injury

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Adults with acquired brain injury on NNUH Neurosciences Unit with a carer physically able to complete exercises with the patient.
• Patient to be able to follow simple commands (1 stage) for exercise intervention.
• Patient able to consent along with their relative together to participation in the study.

You may not qualify if:

• Discharge plan for ESD from initial assessment with no care package required due to too short timeframe of being an acute in-patient.
• Patient's with severe cognitive - communication deficits meaning they cannot follow 1 stage command for exercises or consent to the study.
• Severe pain, joint abnormality or spasticity limiting participation in exercise programme.
• Carer/relative not able to physically help the patient with the required exercises or carer/relative not able to consent to the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: lead
• University of East Anglia: collaborator
• 3 Million Steps charity: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Norwich, United Kingdom

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Brain Injuries

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Craniocerebral Trauma; Trauma, Nervous System; Wounds and Injuries

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 2, 2025
• First Posted: May 1, 2025
• Study Start: June 3, 2024
• Primary Completion: August 23, 2024
• Study Completion: September 13, 2024
• Last Updated: May 1, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-04

Locations

GB (1)