Optimal Intensity and Duration of Walking Rehabilitation in Patients With Chronic Stroke: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

For walking rehabilitation after stroke, training intensity and duration are critical dosing parameters that lack optimization.

Objective

To assess the optimal training intensity (vigorous vs moderate) and minimum training duration (4, 8, or 12 weeks) needed to maximize immediate improvement in walking capacity in patients with chronic stroke.

Design, setting, and participants

This multicenter randomized clinical trial using an intent-to-treat analysis was conducted from January 2019 to April 2022 at rehabilitation and exercise research laboratories. Survivors of a single stroke who were aged 40 to 80 years and had persistent walking limitations 6 months or more after the stroke were enrolled.

Interventions

Participants were randomized 1:1 to high-in

SUBMITTER: Boyne P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9951105 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature