ArticleTopics in stroke rehabilitation2017
Ventilatory threshold may be a more specific measure of aerobic capacity than peak oxygen consumption rate in persons with stroke.
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Effect of Reactive Balance Training on Physical Fitness Post-stroke
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16 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Cardiopulmonary exercise tests in people with chronic stroke: Interpretation and clinical application.Clinical rehabilitation · 2025Trial
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- Financial analysis of a locomotor exercise trial for post-stroke recovery: insights from the HIT Stroke Trial.Frontiers in stroke · 2024Article
- Financial Cost Analysis Associated with a Locomotor Exercise Randomized Controlled Trial in Chronic Stroke.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2023Article
- Relative Aerobic Load of Daily Activities After Stroke.Physical therapy · 2023Article
- Preliminary Outcomes of Combined Treadmill and Overground High-Intensity Interval Training in Ambulatory Chronic Stroke.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
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- Guidelines for the Evaluation of Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy in Stroke Patients.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Effect of reactive balance training on physical fitness poststroke: study protocol for a randomised non-inferiority trial.BMJ open · 2020Article
- Feasibility, reproducibility and validity of the 10 meter Shuttle Test in mild to moderately impaired people with stroke.PloS one · 2020Article
- Cardiorespiratory factors related to the increase in oxygen consumption during exercise in individuals with stroke.PloS one · 2019Observational
- Oxygen uptake efficiency slope: A submaximal test evaluation tool that provides cardiopulmonary reserve data in individuals with Parkinson's disease.Brazilian journal of physical therapyObservational
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Abstract
backgroundAfter stroke, aerobic deconditioning can have a profound impact on daily activities. This is usually measured by the peak oxygen consumption rate achieved during exercise testing (VO2-peak). However, VO2-peak may be distorted by motor function. The oxygen uptake efficiency slope (OUES) and VO2 at the ventilatory threshold (VO2-VT) could more specifically assess aerobic capacity after stroke, but this has not been tested.
objectivesTo assess the differential influence of motor function on three measures of aerobic capacity (VO2-peak, OUES, and VO2-VT) and to evaluate the inter-rater reliability of VO2-VT determination post-stroke.
methodsAmong 59 persons with chronic stroke, cross-sectional correlations with motor function (comfortable gait speed [CGS] and lower extremity Fugl-Meyer [LEFM]) were compared between the different aerobic capacity measures, after adjustment for covariates, in order to isolate any distorting effect of motor function. Reliability of VO2-VT determination between three raters was assessed with intra-class correlation (ICC).
resultsCGS was moderately correlated with VO2-peak (r = 0.52, p < 0.0001) and weakly correlated with OUES (r = 0.41, p = 0.002) and VO2-VT (r = 0.37, p = 0.01). LEFM was weakly correlated with VO2-peak (r = 0.26, p = 0.055) and very weakly correlated with OUES (r = 0.19, p = 0.17) and VO2-VT (r = 0.14, p = 0.31). Compared to VO2-peak, VO2-VT was significantly less correlated with CGS (r difference = -0.16, p = 0.02). Inter-rater reliability of VO2-VT determination was high (ICC: 0.93, 95% CI: 0.89-0.96).
conclusionsMotor dysfunction appears to artificially lower measured aerobic capacity. VO2-VT seemed to be less distorted than VO2-peak and had good inter-rater reliability, so it may provide more specific assessment of aerobic capacity post-stroke.
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