Effects of aerobic cycling training on mobility and functionality of acute stroke subjects: A randomized clinical trial

I would argue that knowing you are getting the aerobic cycling would cause you to work harder.  Impossible to blind these trials. 

 Effects of aerobic cycling training on mobility and functionality of acute stroke subjects: A randomized clinical trial

 Neurorehabilitation , Volume 48(1) , Pgs. 39-47.

NARIC Accession Number: J86371.  What's this?
ISSN: 1053-8135.
Author(s): Pinheiro, Douglas R. R. ; Cabeleira, Maria E. P. ; da Campo, Luigi A. ; Correa, Philipe S. ; Blauth, Ariane H. E. G. ; Cechettia, Fernanda.
Publication Year: 2021.
Number of Pages: 9.

Abstract: 

Study examined the effects of aerobic cycling training on lower-limb muscle strength, gait speed, balance, mobility, and functionality of acute stroke subjects. Twenty subjects were enrolled in the study, 10 in the control group (CG) and 10 in the intervention group (IG). The CG performed conventional physiotherapy twice a day and the IG performed a conventional physiotherapy and a cycle ergometer session, for five consecutive days. Subjects were assessed for muscle strength by a digital dynamometer, gait speed by the 10-Meter Walk Test, balance by the Berg Balance Scale, mobility by the ICU-Mobility-Scale, and functionality by the Perme Score. Lower-limb muscle strength, the primary outcome, was better in the IG compared to the CG. The same results were found for secondary outcome measures. The intragroup analysis was also positive for the CG in the mobility and functionality. Conventional physiotherapy combined with cycling exercise showed better results in the improvement of muscle strength of lower limbs, mobility, and functionality of subjects who suffered from acute stroke.
Descriptor Terms: AMBULATION, EQUILIBRIUM, EXERCISE, LIMBS, MOBILITY, MUSCLES, PHYSICAL THERAPY, POSTURE, REHABILITATION SERVICES, STROKE.


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Citation: Pinheiro, Douglas R. R. , Cabeleira, Maria E. P. , da Campo, Luigi A. , Correa, Philipe S. , Blauth, Ariane H. E. G. , Cechettia, Fernanda. (2021). Effects of aerobic cycling training on mobility and functionality of acute stroke subjects: A randomized clinical trial.  Neurorehabilitation , 48(1), Pgs. 39-47. Retrieved 6/22/2021, from REHABDATA database.