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.

What this blog is for:

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.

Sunday, September 3, 2023

Can Aerobic Exercise Enhance Neuroplasticity in Stroke Survivors?

 

How will this be possible  for those with stroke fatigue?

At least half of all stroke survivors experience fatigue 

Or is it 70%?

Or is it 40%?

And you somehow missed all this earlier research? What is your definition of incompetence? 

The latest here:

Can Aerobic Exercise Enhance Neuroplasticity in Stroke Survivors?

A new study aimed to investigate whether a single bout of moderate intensity aerobic exercise can increase neuroplasticity in people who have experienced a stroke. The researchers randomly assigned participants to either a 20-minute moderate intensity exercise intervention or a sedentary control group. They used transcranial magnetic stimulation to measure corticospinal excitability of the non-affected brain hemisphere, which is an indicator of neuroplasticity. The participants then underwent intermittent theta burst stimulation, a repetitive stimulation protocol known to initiate neuroplasticity and increase excitability.

The results showed that the group who performed aerobic exercise had a greater increase in motor evoked potentials (MEPs) following the stimulation, indicating enhanced neuroplasticity. Furthermore, an exploratory analysis suggested that participants who were 2-7.5 years post-stroke had the strongest increase in MEPs.

This study suggests that moderate intensity aerobic exercise may enhance neuroplasticity in stroke survivors. This has important implications for stroke recovery, as maximizing neuroplasticity can potentially lead to greater improvements in motor function and overall recovery. Aerobic exercise is a safe and feasible option for stroke survivors, as it can be adjusted to their individual capabilities and is less challenging than high intensity exercise.

Future research could explore the long-term effects of aerobic exercise on neuroplasticity and stroke recovery. Additionally, this study highlights the potential of exercise as a brain priming therapy to increase responsiveness to rehabilitation. Incorporating aerobic exercise into stroke rehabilitation programs could provide a valuable adjuvant therapy for maximizing recovery.

Sources:
– Original Study: “A single bout of moderate intensity cycling enhances neuroplasticity in people with stroke: a randomized controlled trial” – Authors: T. L. Cumming, A. M. Thrift, C. Bernhardt, J. R. Louey, AMSR-J Advance online publication, 25 February 2022,

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