Moderate-intensity exercise versus high-intensity interval training to recover walking post-stroke: protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stroke results in neurologic impairments and aerobic deconditioning that contribute to limited walking capacity which is a major barrier post-stroke. Current exercise recommendations and stroke rehabilitation guidelines recommend moderate-intensity aerobic training post-stroke. Locomotor high-intensity interval training is a promising new strategy that has shown significantly greater improvements in aerobic fitness and motor performance than moderate-intensity aerobic training in other populations. However, the relative benefits and risks of high-intensity interval training and moderate-intensity aerobic training remain poorly understood following stroke. In this study, we hypothesize that locomotor high-intensity interval training will result in greater improvements in

SUBMITTER: Miller A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8284012 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature