Weight Loss and ExeRcise

Description

Weight loss interventions for neurologically health individuals have established benefits for improving physical and psychosocial function. The investigators believe that Veterans who have had a stroke would realize similar benefits and that the effects would be enhanced with concurrent exercise training. The investigators will study the effects of a 15-week lifestyle management program to determine if it can effectively improve some of the physical and psychosocial problems common in Veterans who have had a stroke.

Conditions

Stroke

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Study overview

Weight loss interventions for neurologically health individuals have established benefits for improving physical and psychosocial function. The investigators believe that Veterans who have had a stroke would realize similar benefits and that the effects would be enhanced with concurrent exercise training. The investigators will study the effects of a 15-week lifestyle management program to determine if it can effectively improve some of the physical and psychosocial problems common in Veterans who have had a stroke.

Enhancing Mobility and Psychosocial Function in Obese Veterans Following Stroke Via Weight Loss and ExeRcise (EMPOWER)

Weight Loss and ExeRcise

Condition
Stroke
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Charleston

Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29401-5703

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

For general information about clinical research, read Learn About Studies.

Eligibility Criteria

  • * A diagnosis of stroke at least 6 months prior
  • * BMI \> 30 kg/m2
  • * Residual paresis in the lower extremity (Fugl-Meyer LE motor score \<34)
  • * Ability to follow instructions, complete training and testing and to communicate exertion, pain and distress
  • * Provision of informed consent
  • * Individuals who meet inclusion criteria must complete an exercise tolerance test and be cleared for participation by the study cardiologist
  • * Unable to ambulate at least 150 feet or experienced intermittent claudication while walking
  • * Unstable cardiac arrhythmias, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, severe aortic stenosis, angina or dyspnea at rest or during ADL's
  • * Dementia
  • * Life expectancy \<1 yr
  • * History of DVT or pulmonary embolism within 6 months
  • * Uncontrolled diabetes with recent weight loss, diabetic coma, or frequent insulin reactions
  • * Severe hypertension with systolic \>200 mmHg and diastolic \>110 mmHg at rest
  • * Current enrollment in a rehabilitation trial to enhance motor or psychosocial recovery

Ages Eligible for Study

40 Years to 80 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

VA Office of Research and Development,

Chris M Gregory, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC

Study Record Dates

2028-03-31