Effects of an Acute High Intensity Exercise Bout on Retention of Explicit, Strategic Locomotor Learning in Individuals With Chronic Stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exercise priming, pairing high intensity exercise with a motor learning task, improves retention of upper extremity tasks in individuals after stroke, but has shown no benefit to locomotor learning. This difference may relate to the type of learning studied. Upper extremity studies used explicit, strategic tasks; locomotor studies used implicit sensorimotor adaptation (split-belt treadmill). Since walking is an important rehabilitation goal, it is crucial to understand under which circumstances exercise priming may improve retention of a newly learned walking pattern.

Objective

Determine the impact of exercise priming on explicit, strategic locomotor learning task retention in chronic stroke survivors.

Methods

Chronic stroke survivors (>6 months) performed

SUBMITTER: Thompson ED 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10529423 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature