Prescribing Aerobic Exercise Intensity without a Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test Post Stroke: Utility of the Six-Minute Walk Test

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 2222-2231

  Marzolini, Susan ^a   Oh, Paul ^a,b   Corbett, Dale ^b,c   Dooks, Daryl ^a   Calouro, Marcella ^a   MacIntosh, Bradley J ^b,d   Goodman, Rachel ^e   Brooks, Dina ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b Canadian Stroke Network and Center for Stroke Recovery   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exercise; rehabilitation; stroke care; stroke delivery; stroke recovery

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; ARTICLE; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; COMPLICATION; EXERCISE; KINESIOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STROKE REHABILITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84973522265     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2016.04.016     Document Type: Article

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