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Record W2032999131 · doi:10.1177/1545968308326426

Effects of an Aerobic Exercise Program on Aerobic Capacity, Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters, and Functional Capacity in Subacute Stroke

2008· article· en· W2032999131 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueNeurorehabilitation and neural repair · 2008
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
Canadian institutionsHeart and Stroke FoundationSunnybrook Health Science CentreUniversity of WaterlooToronto Rehabilitation InstituteUniversity of Toronto
FundersMcMaster University
KeywordsAerobic exerciseRehabilitationStroke (engine)Aerobic capacityPhysical therapyPhysical medicine and rehabilitationGaitCycle ergometerMedicineTimed Up and Go testPsychologyHeart rateBalance (ability)Internal medicineBlood pressure

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: and objective. In spite of the challenges, engaging in exercise programs very early after stroke may positively influence aerobic capacity and stroke-related outcomes, including walking ability. The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of adding aerobic cycle ergometer training to conventional rehabilitation early after stroke and to determine effects on aerobic capacity, walking ability, and health-related quality of life. METHODS: A prospective matched control design was used. All participants performed a graded maximal exercise test on a semi-recumbent cycle ergometer, spatiotemporal gait assessments, 6-Minute Walk Test, and Stroke Impact Scale. The Exercise group added 30 minutes of aerobic cycle ergometry to conventional inpatient rehabilitation 3 days/week until discharge; the Control group received conventional rehabilitation only. RESULTS: All Exercise participants (n = 23) completed the training without adverse effects. In the 18 matched pairs, both groups demonstrated improvements over time with a trend toward greater aerobic benefit in the Exercise group with 13% and 23% increases in peak VO(2) and work rate respectively, compared to 8% and 16% in the Control group (group-time interaction P = .71 and .62). A similar trend toward improved 6-Minute Walk Test distance (Exercise 53% vs Controls 23%, P = .23) was observed. CONCLUSION: Early aerobic training can be safely implemented without deleterious effects on stroke rehabilitation. A trend toward greater improvement in aerobic capacity and walking capacity suggests that such training may have an early beneficial effect and should be considered for inclusion in rehabilitation programs.

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Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.120
Threshold uncertainty score0.915

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.001
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

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Opus teacher head0.035
GPT teacher head0.259
Teacher spread0.224 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it