Key result
A feasibility randomized controlled trial was developed to test a home-based rehabilitation program for patients post-TIA or minor stroke, though no results are reported in the truncated abstract.
Why the study?
The value of cardiac rehabilitation after a TIA or minor stroke remains untested, despite shared pathology and risk factors with coronary heart disease.
RCT
randomised
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Supports testing home-based cardiac rehabilitation post-TIA or minor stroke; extends prior evidence to this understudied population.
The value of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) after a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) or ‘minor’ stroke is untested despite these conditions sharing similar pathology and risk factors to coronary heart disease.1 Following a TIA and/or minor stroke, patients are at significant risk of further vascular events, particularly within the acute period.2 We therefore wanted to develop and test the feasibility of conducting a randomised controlled trial of a novel home-based rehabilitation programme,3 4 The Healthy Brain Rehabilitation Manual , with a pedometer and telephone follow-up from a health professional, for patients with a first TIA or minor stroke of atherosclerotic origin, using the core components of home-based …
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Heron et al. (2019) conducted an RCT in first TIA or minor stroke of atherosclerotic origin. home-based rehabilitation programme (The Healthy Brain Rehabilitation Manual) was evaluated on feasibility of conducting a randomised controlled trial. A feasibility randomized controlled trial was developed to test a home-based rehabilitation program for patients post-TIA or minor stroke, though no results are reported in the truncated abstract.
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