Stroke rehab boost: activity monitors may improve walking
NCT ID NCT04238260
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether using best-practice physical therapy and giving stroke survivors an activity monitor can help them walk better. About 306 people who had a stroke and were in rehab took part. The main goal was to see if they could walk farther in 6 minutes after the program.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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306 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2021
- Finished
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Apr 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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19 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Admitted by inpatient or day stroke rehabilitation * Improved walking is a rehabilitation goal * Within 12 weeks post hemorrhagic or ischemic CVA with hemiparesis (confirmed by medical chart or motor assessment) * Able to ambulate at least 5 steps. May use assistive and/or orthotic device and maximum one person assist * Overground walking speed slower than normal * Able to understand and follow directions * Greater than or equal to 19 years of age * Medically stable Exclusion Criteria: * Pre-stroke health included a serious gait disorder or disease that affected ambulation (musculoskeletal conditions, amputation, surgery/arthroplasty in the last 6 months, etc.) * Pre-stroke health included a neurological condition (such as Parkinson's disease or Multiple Sclerosis) or other serious medical condition (active cancer, uncontrolled diabetes) * Excessive pain in the body/joint preventing participation in an exercise intervention * Participating in an experimental drug field study * Participating in another formal exercise rehabilitation clinical trial * Expected to receive \<2 weeks daily in-/out- patient rehabilitation
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z2G9, Canada
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