Deans' stroke musings: Effect of high aerobic intensity interval treadmill walking in people with chronic stroke: A pilot study with one year follow-up

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My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Friday, November 9, 2012

Effect of high aerobic intensity interval treadmill walking in people with chronic stroke: A pilot study with one year follow-up

You will notice that this was mainly to determine oxygen uptake
http://www.naric.com/research/rehab/record.cfm?search=2&type=all&criteria=J64289&phrase=no&rec=119410
Abstract: Study examined the effect and feasibility of 4 weeks of high aerobic intensity treadmill walking in 8 people with chronic stroke. Uphill treadmill walking was tested in 4 x 4-minute work periods at an intensity between 85 and 95 percent of peak heart rate from initial maximal treadmill testing. There were 3-minute active breaks between the intervals. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing was performed at 4 time points: baseline, pretraining, posttraining, and 1-year follow-up. The main outcome measures were peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak) and walking economy (Cw). Overall compliance and adverse events determined the feasibility. VO2peak increased from 2.32 at pretraining to 2.60 liters per minute at posttraining; Cw improved from 1.12 to 1.04 liters per minute. At 1 year follow-up, VO2peak was 2.59 liter per minute and was not significantly different from posttraining measurement. Cw was 1.19 liters per minute at 1-year follow-up and thus was worse than posttraining. Functional improvements were found in the 6-minute walk test, 10-meter walk test, and Timed Up and Go test at posttests. Results indicate that high aerobic intensity interval treadmill walking significantly increased VO2peak and improved Cw in these subjects. The training was feasible and may have important implications for cardiovascular health and future rehabilitation programs in this population.