Physical activity in the prevention of ischemic stroke and improvement of outcomes: A narrative review

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 133-137

  Middleton, Laura E ^a,b,c   Corbett, Dale ^b,d,e   Brooks, Dina ^b,f   Sage, Michael D ^f   MacIntosh, Bradley J ^b,g   McIlroy, William E ^a,b,c   Black, Sandra E ^b,c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain ischemia; Cerebral infarction; Exercise; Motor activity; Physical activity; Stroke

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR;

APOPTOSIS; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEISURE; MORTALITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SYMPTOM; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NERVE DEGENERATION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871781470     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.11.011     Document Type: Review

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