Remote workouts may rewire brains after stroke
NCT ID NCT06525987
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a 24-week home exercise program, guided by a coach over video calls, can improve brain connections and physical fitness in people aged 60 and older who have had a lacunar stroke. Sixty participants will be split into two groups: one starts exercise right away, the other waits. Researchers will measure changes in brain activity and fitness levels to see if remote coaching helps recovery.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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60 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * Age ≥60 years; * History of lacunar stroke occurred between 3 months and 10 years from screening and confirmed by neuroimaging or clinical data by an expert stroke physician; * Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score of 0-1, indicating no symptoms or no significant disability; * A level of physical activity below recommended targets, i.e. \<150 minutes per week of moderate-to-vigorous exercise (24); * Ability to sign informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Uncontrolled hypertension; * Heart disease impairing the possibility of safely following an exercise protocol at the discretion of the treating physician; * Primary or secondary epilepsy; * Prostheses, implants, and any device that might impair the performance of either high-density electroencephalogram or the exercise intervention; * Cognitive impairment (Mini Mental State Examination score ≤26 at follow-up); * Lack of access to Internet-based facilities or poor technological alphabetization impairing the adherence to the trial protocol; * Any major physical or psychiatric comorbidity that in the judgement of the treating physician might compromise the ability to undergo an exercise intervention.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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UOC Neurologia e Stroke Unit
RECRUITINGAvezzano, L'Aquila, 67051, Italy
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