Effect of aerobic exercise (walking) training on functional status and health-related quality of life in chronic stroke survivors: A randomized controlled trial

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1179-1181

  Gordon, Carron D ^a   Wilks, Rainford ^a   McCaw Binns, Affette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Exercise training; Randomized trial; Stroke; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURVIVOR; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84876265813     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.000642     Document Type: Article

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