Chronic stroke survivors benefit from high-intensity aerobic treadmill exercise: A randomized control trial

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-95

  Globas, Christoph ^a,b,c   Becker, Clemens ^b   Cerny, Joachim ^a   Lam, Judith M ^a,c   Lindemann, Ulrich ^b   Forrester, Larry W ^d   MacKo, Richard F ^d   Luft, Andreas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

aerobic exercise; chronic stroke; rehabilitation; treadmill training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF EVALUATION; STROKE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84856047125     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968311418675     Document Type: Article

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