Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

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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.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Effects of stationary cycling exercise on the balance and gait abilities of chronic stroke patients

I would have preferred this to treadmills. I could have gotten exhausted doing this thus increasing my neurogenesis.

Effects of stationary cycling exercise on the balance and gait abilities of chronic stroke patients

Kim SJ1, Cho HY2, Kim YL1, Lee SM1.

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Abstract

[Purpose] The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of stationary cycling exercise on the balance and gait abilities of chronic stroke patients. [Subjects] Thirty-two chronic stroke patients were randomly assigned to an experimental group (n=16) or a control group (n=16). [Methods] All of the subjects received the standard rehabilitation program for 30 minutes, while the experimental group additionally participated in a daily session of stationary cycling exercise for 30 minutes, 5 times per week for 6 weeks. To assess balance function, the Berg Balance Scale and timed up-and-go test were used. The 10-m walking test was conducted to assess gait function. [Results] Both groups showed significant improvements in balance and gait abilities. The improvements in the Berg Balance Scale and timed up-and-go test scores (balance), and 10-m walking test score (gait) in the stationary cycling exercise group were significantly greater than those in the control group. [Conclusion] This study demonstrated that stationary cycling exercise training is an effective intervention for increasing the balance and gait abilities of chronic stroke patients. Therefore, we suggest that stationary cycling training is suitable for stroke rehabilitation and may be used in clinical practice.

KEYWORDS:

Balance; Gait; Stationary cycling
PMID:
26696731
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PMCID:
PMC4681938

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  1. Geoff.WenkerJanuary 5, 2016 at 7:15 PM

    I started doing this at 4 months post stroke, when I had to have help getting my weak leg strapped onto the pedal and it pretty much just went along for the ride. Now 32 months post stroke, I start my workouts with 30 minutes & 5 miles on the stationary cycle, since it is the only aerobic exercise I get because I can't walk fast enough to get my heart rate up. I recently tried the elliptical, which was very hard because it takes more coordination than I can do yet, but it is my new goal.
    I also enjoy riding the recumbent trike I bought last summer.
    See http://www.catrike.com/#!villager/cmei
    Same thing, but outside going fast!

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