High-intensity interval training in stroke rehabilitation

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 317-330

  Boyne, Pierce ^a   Dunning, Kari ^a   Carl, Daniel ^a   Gerson, Myron ^a   Khoury, Jane ^b   Kissela, Brett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular deconditioning; exercise; gait training; intensity; locomotion; rehabilitation; stroke

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONVALESCENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REHABILITATION; HIGH INTENSITY INTERVAL TRAINING; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; REHABILITATION CARE; STROKE PATIENT; THEORETICAL STUDY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EXERCISE THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84881120294     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: 19455119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr2004-317     Document Type: Article

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