Defining Optimal Aerobic Exercise Parameters to Affect Complex Motor and Cognitive Outcomes after Stroke: A Systematic Review and Synthesis

Neural Plasticity

Volumn 2016, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Hasan, S M Mahmudul ^a   Rancourt, Samantha N ^a   Austin, Mark W ^a   Ploughman, Michelle ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MEMORY; META ANALYSIS; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RODENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANIMAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; CONVALESCENCE; EXERCISE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STROKE REHABILITATION;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION;

EID: 84971207194     PISSN: 20905904     EISSN: 16875443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2016/2961573     Document Type: Review

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