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Effects of Augmented Exercise Therapy Time After Stroke

Stroke · 2004 · Vol. 35(11) · pp. 2529–2539

Gert Kwakkel✉(Université Laval)Roland van Peppen(Université Laval)Robert Wagenaar(Université Laval)Sharon Wood Dauphinée(Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation)Carol L. Richards(Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation)Ann Ashburn(University Medical Center Utrecht)K. J. Miller(Université Laval)Nadina B. Lincoln(Université Laval)Cecily Partridge(Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation)Ian Wellwood(Boston University)Peter Langhorne(University of Kent)

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Abstract

The results of the present research synthesis support the hypothesis that augmented exercise therapy has a small but favorable effect on ADL, particularly if therapy input is augmented at least 16 hours within the first 6 months after stroke. This meta-analysis also suggests that clinically relevant treatment effects may be achieved on instrumental ADL and gait speed.

Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMedicineStroke (engine)Physical therapyPhysical medicine and rehabilitationExercise therapyIschemic strokeCardiologyInternal medicineRandomized controlled trialIschemia