High-Intensity Interval Training and Moderate-Intensity Continuous Training in Ambulatory Chronic Stroke: Feasibility Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poststroke guidelines recommend moderate-intensity, continuous aerobic training (MCT) to improve aerobic capacity and mobility after stroke. High-intensity interval training (HIT) has been shown to be more effective than MCT among healthy adults and people with heart disease. However, HIT and MCT have not been compared previously among people with stroke.

Objective

The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility and justification for a definitive randomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing HIT and MCT in people with chronic stroke.

Design

A preliminary RCT was conducted.

Setting

The study was conducted in a cardiovascular stress laboratory and a rehabilitation research laboratory.

Patients

Ambulatory people at least 6 months poststroke

SUBMITTER: Boyne P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5046191 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature