Does intensive rehabilitation improve the functional outcome of traumatic brain injury?

ISRCTN ISRCTN88122168
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN88122168
Secondary identifying numbers 531019
Submission date
10/10/2002
Registration date
10/10/2002
Last edited
02/07/2009
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr WS Poon
Scientific

Division of Neurosurgery
Department of Surgery
Prince of Wales Hospital
Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Hong Kong

Study information

Study designRandomised controlled trial
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)Hospital
Study typeTreatment
Scientific title
Study objectivesNot provided at time of registration
Ethics approval(s)Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedTraumatic brain injury
InterventionHead injured patients were randomised into the conventional group and the intensive group:
1. Subjects belonging to the conventional group underwent the usual programme of physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy 2 hours a day, 5.5 days a week
2. For those in the intensive group, therapy time was doubled to 4 hours per day without changing the content of the therapy
Intervention typeOther
Primary outcome measureNot provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measuresNot provided at time of registration
Overall study start date01/01/2002
Completion date01/01/2005

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupOther
SexBoth
Target number of participantsNot provided at time of registration
Key inclusion criteria1. Moderate (Glasgow Coma Score [GCS] 9 - 12) and severe (GCS 8/15) traumatic brain injury
2. Aged from 12 to 65 years old
Key exclusion criteriaDoes not match inclusion criteria
Date of first enrolment01/01/2002
Date of final enrolment01/01/2005

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • Hong Kong

Study participating centre

Division of Neurosurgery
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Hong Kong

Sponsor information

Hong Kong Health Services Research Fund (Hong Kong)
Government

Health Welfare and Food Bureau
Government Secretariat, HKSAR
20th floor Murray Building
Garden Road
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Hong Kong

Phone +852 (0)2973 8288
Email hsrf@hwfb.gov.hk
Website http://www.fhb.gov.hk/grants/english/funds/funds_hhsrf/funds_hhsrf_abt/funds_hhsrf_abt.html
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Funders

Funder type

Government

Hong Kong Health Services Research Fund (Hong Kong)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Results article results 01/06/2007 Yes No