Strategy Training With Exercise for Thinking Skills After Stroke
Tests strategy training with exercise to improve thinking skills in adults with stroke.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Effects of Strategy Training for Physical Activity (STPA) on the Post-stroke Executive Dysfunction
Key facts
- Where
- New Taipei City and Taipei, TaiwanSee the 5 sites
AI summary: who the study is looking for
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults aged 18 to 80 who had a stroke within the past 3 years and have thinking problems. It tests strategy training plus physical activity.
- Age
- 18 to 80 years old
- Sex
- All sexes
- Disease stage
- A stroke diagnosed within the past 3 years, with thinking problems (Montreal Cognitive Assessment below 26 and 14 item-Executive Interview above 3).
Main reasons for not taking part
- Modified Rankin Scale of 5
- Severe aphasia, postoperative immobilization, or major neuropsychiatric disease
- Pre-stroke Modified Rankin Scale above 1
- Saltin-Grimby Physical Activity Level Scale of 5 or 6
- Taking part in another interventional study at the same time
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Could this be for you?
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- Are you between 18 and 80 years old?
Source: NCT06790173, who can take part
Where in Taiwan
- Taipei Medical University - Shuang Ho Hospital, Ministry of Health and WelfareNew Taipei City, TaiwanNo longer taking part
- Taipei Tzu Chi HospitalNew Taipei City, TaiwanNo longer taking part
- National Taiwan University HospitalTaipei, TaiwanNo longer taking part
- Taipei Medical University HospitalTaipei, TaiwanNo longer taking part
- Taipei Municipal Wanfang HospitalTaipei, TaiwanNo longer taking part
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
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- Who runs it
- Taipei Medical University
- Trial code
- NCT06790173
- Record updated
- 11 April 2025
- Original description
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to examine if combining strategy training and physical activity (STPA) works to improve executive function in community-dwelling adults with post-stroke cognitive impairment. The main questions it aims to answer are:Read full original descriptionShow less
Effects of Strategy Training for Physical Activity on Executive Functions in Stroke Survivors With Cognitive Impairments: a Phase II Randomized Controlled Trial
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to examine if combining strategy training and physical activity (STPA) works to improve executive function in community-dwelling adults with post-stroke cognitive impairment. The main questions it aims to answer are:
* Does STPA and physical exercise alone lead to greater improvements in executive function among stroke survivors relative to the control intervention with education? * Does STPA outperform physical exercise alone in the efficacy of executive functions? * Do the effects of STPA on executive functions transfer to the global cognition, balance, and activity-participation outcomes? * Do the effects of STPA persist for at least 6 months post-intervention?
Researchers will compare the efficacy of the STPA intervention against physical exercise alone or control intervention with education.
Participants will:
receive STPA, physical activity only, or an education program 2 to 3 sessions per week until finishing 12 sessions.
be assessed clinical outcomes at 5 times: pre-intervention, post-intervention, 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month follow-up.
Inclusion: 18 to 80 years old; A diagnosis of stroke within the past 3 year; Speaking Mandarin; Montreal Cognitive Assessment (maximum=30) < 26; 14 item-Executive Interview > 3; Willing to provide informed consent.
Exclusion: Any conditions that may impede the participation in the study, such as severe aphasia, postoperative immobilization, or major neuropsychiatric diseases; Pre-stroke mRS >1; Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) = 5; 6-level Saltin-Grimby Physical Activity Level Scale (SGPALS) = 5 or 6; Participating in other interventional study concurrently.