Application of principles of exercise training in sub-acute and chronic stroke survivors: A systematic review

BMC Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ammann, Bernadette C ^a,b   Knols, Ruud H ^a   Baschung, Pierrette ^a,b,c   de Bie, Rob A ^b   de Bruin, Eling D ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aerobic exercise; Cerebrovascular accident; Resistance exercise; Stroke; Training components; Training principles

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CYCLING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCIBILITY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; ROWING; SUBACUTE CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT DURATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; KINESIOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; STROKE; SURVIVOR;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STROKE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84919922559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12883-014-0167-2     Document Type: Article

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