Trial reportStroke2009
Single limb exercise induces femoral artery remodeling and improves blood flow in the hemiparetic leg poststroke.
Trial report in Stroke, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
- Peripheral vascular function in stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2024Pooled it
- Whole-body vibration modulates leg muscle reflex and blood perfusion among people with chronic stroke: a randomized controlled crossover trial.Scientific reports · 2020Trial
- Exercise Induces Peripheral Muscle But Not Cardiac Adaptations After Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2016Trial
- Impaired leg vasodilatory function after stroke: adaptations with treadmill exercise training.Stroke · 2010Trial
- Test-retest reliability and minimal detectable change of pulse wave velocity and flow-mediated dilation in paretic and non-paretic limbs of older adults post-stroke.Physiological reports · 2026Article
- Microvascular Reactivity to Cutaneous Local Heating in the Paretic and Non-Paretic Legs of Chronic Stroke Survivors-A Pilot Study.Microcirculation (New York, N.Y. : 1994) · 2026Article
- Motor Impairment and Disuse Are Independent Predictors of Vascular Outcomes Poststroke.Physical therapy · 2025Article
- Ischemic stroke reduces bone perfusion and alters osteovascular structure.Bone reports · 2025Article
- Breathing Exercises for Improving Cognitive Function in Patients with Stroke.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Three-week exercise and protein intake immediately after exercise increases the 6-min walking distance with simultaneously improved plasma volume in patients with chronic cerebrovascular disease: a preliminary prospective study.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Are Physical Therapeutics Important for Stroke Patients to Recover Their Cardiorespiratory Fitness?Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Review
- Implementation of home-based health promotion program to improve flow-mediated dilation among patients with subacute stroke.Journal of education and health promotion · 2020Article
- Use of Pelvic Corrective Force With Visual Feedback Improves Paretic Leg Muscle Activities and Gait Performance After Stroke.IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society · 2019Article
- The Relationship Between Blood Flow and Motor Unit Firing Rates in Response to Fatiguing Exercise Post-stroke.Frontiers in physiology · 2019Article
- Stroke increases ischemia-related decreases in motor unit discharge rates.Journal of neurophysiology · 2018Article
- Time Course of Flow-Mediated Dilation and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor following Acute Stroke.Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association · 2018Article
- The relationship of pro-inflammatory markers to vascular endothelial function after acute stroke.The International journal of neuroscience · 2017Article
- Errata Corrige. Orthostatic Reactivity in Patients with Ischemic Stroke in the Chronic Period. http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2015.090.Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences · 2015Article
- Orthostatic Reactivity in Patients with Ischemic Stroke in the Chronic Period.Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences · 2015Article
- Impaired Hyperemic Response to Exercise Post Stroke.PloS one · 2015Article
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Abstract
background and purposeAfter stroke, individuals have decreased mobility of the hemiparetic leg, which demands less muscle oxygen consumption; thus, blood flow decreases. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of single limb exercise (SLE) on femoral artery blood flow, diameter, and peak flow velocity in the hemiparetic leg after stroke.
methodsTwelve individuals (60.6+/-14.5 years of age; 5 male) with chronic stroke (69.1+/-82.2 months; 5 with right-sided hemiparesis) participated in the study. The intervention consisted of a SLE knee extension/flexion protocol 3 times per week for 4 weeks. Using Doppler ultrasound, bilateral femoral artery blood flow, diameter, and peak flow velocity were assessed at baseline, after 2 weeks, and after 4 weeks of SLE.
resultsUsing repeated-measures analysis of variance, femoral artery blood flow, arterial diameter, and blood flow velocity in the hemiparetic limb were significantly improved (P<0.0001) after the SLE. No significant changes occurred in the nontrained limb for any outcome measures.
conclusionsThese data suggest that a 4-week SLE training program that increases muscular activity in the hemiparetic limb improves femoral artery blood flow, diameter, and peak velocity. SLE may be an important training strategy in stroke rehabilitation to minimize the vascular changes that occur poststroke due to decreased activity of the hemiparetic limb.
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