Treadmill Exercise Rehabilitation Improves Ambulatory Function and Cardiovascular Fitness in Patients With Chronic Stroke

F. Macko, Richard; M. Ivey, Frederick; W. Forrester, Larry; F. Hanley, Daniel; D. Sorkin, John; I. Katzel, Leslie; H. Silver, Kenneth; P. Goldberg, Andrew

doi:10.1161/01.str.0000181076.91805.89

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Treadmill Exercise Rehabilitation Improves Ambulatory Function and Cardiovascular Fitness in Patients With Chronic Stroke

Published in Stroke • Sep 9, 2005

Authors:

Richard F. Macko

Frederick M. Ivey

Larry W. Forrester

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Physical inactivity propagates disability after stroke through physical deconditioning and learned nonuse. We investigated whether treadmill aerobic training (T-AEX) is more effective than conventional rehabilitation to improve ambulatory function and cardiovascular fitness i...

Subject

Medicine

Ambulatory

Physical therapy

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