Carer Involvement in Exercises for People With Acquired Brain Injury.

NCT06952595 — Not applicable, Completed, 20 participants, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Carer Involvement in Exercise Programmes for Acute Neurosciences Patients With Acquired Brain Injury

Registry	NCT06952595
Status	Completed
Phase	Not applicable
Study type	Interventional; na, single group, masking: none, treatment
Enrollment	20 (Actual)
Sponsor	Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Other); collaborators: University of East Anglia, 3 Million Steps charity
Conditions	Acquired Brain Injury (Including Stroke)
Interventions	five exercises prescribed and taught to carers and participants (Behavioral)
Dates	start 2024-06-03, primary completion 2024-08-23, completion 2024-09-13, first posted 2025-05-01, last updated 2025-05-01
Locations	1 site in United Kingdom

-Summary

Increasing the amount of exercises completed has been shown to help recovery for people after a brain injury. This study will explore if providing extra training of exercises prescribed to a patient and carer team, will allow more practice of these exercises, better abilities to move and balance, and to assess if carer confidence changes with doing this. It is a repeated case design in the in-patient acute Neurosciences setting at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust (NNUH).

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+Arms and interventions

Arm	Type	Interventions	Description
Exercises for people with acquired brain injury	Experimental	Behavioral: five exercises prescribed and taught to carers and participants

five exercises prescribed and taught to carers and participants (Behavioral): Up to five exercises prescribed and taught to carers and participants in an acute hospital setting fort hem to continue to practice as able.

+Outcome measures

Primary outcomes

Log of exercise repetitions [Pre and post intervention: 4 weeks or at point of discharge from acute Trust.]: Log of exercise repetitions completed by patient and relative/carer team (on exercise record log), VAS score (Visual analogue score) rating 0- no confidence to 10- very confident for carer confidence pre and post intervention.

+Eligibility

Sex: All, ages: 18 Years to any

Inclusion

* Adults with acquired brain injury on NNUH Neurosciences Unit with a carer physically able to complete exercises with the patient.
* Patient to be able to follow simple commands (1 stage) for exercise intervention.
* Patient able to consent along with their relative together to participation in the study.

Exclusion:

* Discharge plan for ESD from initial assessment with no care package required due to too short timeframe of being an acute in-patient.
* Patient's with severe cognitive - communication deficits meaning they cannot follow 1 stage command for exercises or consent to the study.
* Severe pain, joint abnormality or spasticity limiting participation in exercise programme.
* Carer/relative not able to physically help the patient with the required exercises or carer/relative not able to consent to the study.

+Locations (1)

Facility	City	Country	Status
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Norwich	United Kingdom