Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
rctc98 Hudson
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
The general research question is whether a more intensive early stroke physiotherapy intervention facilitated by the Oswestry standing frame will promote improved and/or faster stroke recovery.
Specifically, is the Oswestry standing frame associated with improved clinical outcome for patients in the acute phase after stroke and what are the resource implications of using the standing frame?
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Cardiovascular diseases: Stroke
Intervention
1. A minimum treatment schedule of one treatment session each week day for two weeks using the Oswestry standing frame (intervention group)
2. No use of the standing frame (control group)
In all other respects the rehabilitation care, both content and organisation, will be the same and delivered by the same ward staff.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Blind assessments will be completed by a research physiotherapist at baseline, ten weeks, and six months post stroke.
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
09/01/1999
Overall trial end date
10/01/2002
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Patients from the Bradford Stroke Unit with a new hemiplegic stroke who are medically stable and alert but who need support from two or more rehabilitation staff to achieve standing will be approached for recruitment to the trial.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
09/01/1999
Recruitment end date
10/01/2002
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
St Luke's Hospital
Bradford
BD5 ONA
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Executive Northern and Yorkshire (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2005 results on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15929503
Publication citations
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Results
Bagley P, Hudson M, Forster A, Smith J, Young J, A randomized trial evaluation of the Oswestry Standing Frame for patients after stroke., Clin Rehabil, 2005, 19, 4, 354-364.