Preliminary Outcomes of Combined Treadmill and Overground High-Intensity Interval Training in Ambulatory Chronic Stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Locomotor high-intensity interval training (HIIT) is a promising intervention for stroke rehabilitation. However, overground translation of treadmill speed gains has been somewhat limited, some important outcomes have not been tested and baseline response predictors are poorly understood. This pilot study aimed to guide future research by assessing preliminary outcomes of combined overground and treadmill HIIT.

Materials and methods

Ten participants >6 months post-stroke were assessed before and after a 4-week no-intervention control phase and a 4-week treatment phase involving 12 sessions of overground and treadmill HIIT.

Results

Overground and treadmill gait function both improved during the treatment phase relative to the control phase, with overground spee

SUBMITTER: Boyne P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8854218 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature