Benefits of physical activity for stroke survivors

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-149

  Boysen, Gudrun ^a   Krarup, Lars Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; FITNESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK REDUCTION; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; SURVIVOR;

EXERCISE; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 60549104448     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.9.2.147     Document Type: Editorial

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