Effect of high aerobic intensity interval treadmill walking in people with chronic stroke: A pilot study with one year follow-up

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 353-360

  Gjellesvik, Tor Ivar ^a,b   Brurok, Berit ^a,b   Hoff, Jan ^a,b   Tørhaug, Tom ^a,b   Helgerud, Jan ^a,c,d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Hokksund Medical Rehabilitation Centre   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

function; high intensity; stroke; treadmill; VO 2peak

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENERGY COST; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PILOT STUDY; STROKE; TRAINING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING; WALKING AID;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PILOT PROJECTS; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 84863450120     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: 19455119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1904-353     Document Type: Article

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