Breaking Up Sitting Time After Stroke Study - Australia

Join if you can. With the 85% inactivity that stroke patients have there should also be a study on:

1. action observation, 

2. mirror therapy,

3. thermal therapy, 

4. lucid dreaming 

5. Music therapy

6. Sensation overload 

to determine the efficacy of these interventions. We need protocols not just, 'Hey this seems to work sometimes, but we know nothing about dosing. You'll just have to guess.'  And then your medical staff can blame you for not recovering because you didn't do the therapy right or long enough

Breaking Up Sitting Time After Stroke Study - Australia

BUST-BP-Dose Study

Researchers at the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) are looking at the effects of reducing long periods of sitting, with regular activity breaks, to improve blood pressure in those who have had a stroke.
The BUST-BP-Dose study will monitor blood pressure and blood sugar levels in people who have had a stroke between 3 months and 10 years ago. The study will look at the amount of short activity breaks needed to improve blood pressure in stroke survivors and reduce their risk of having another stroke.
The study is being supported by a Heart Foundation Vanguard Grant, Hunter Medical Research Institute research support grant and Priority Research Centre for Stroke and Brain Injury research support grant.

Register your interest

To find out more or to register your interest please contact Dr Gary Crowfoot on 02 40420759 (Gary.Crowfoot@newcastle.edu.au) or Mr Paul Mackie on 0420881472 (Paul.I.Mackie@uon.edu.au).