ReviewCurrent neurology and neuroscience reports2019
The Impact of Physical Activity Before and After Stroke on Stroke Risk and Recovery: a Narrative Review.
Review in Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 50 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Mobility and Activity Patterns in Hospitalised Patients With Severe Acquired Brain Injury Undergoing Rehabilitation. The MAP-study.
To Estimate the Efficacy of Botulinum Toxin A Injection Combing With Exoskeleton Robotic Assisted Gait Training in Stroke Patients With Spastic Stiff Knee Gait: Motor Function Performance and Neurophysiological Evaluation
Co-design of a Physical Activity Maintenance Intervention for People With Stroke
Who cites it
50 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 102 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Evidence of High-Intensity Exercise on Lower Limb Functional Outcomes and Safety in Acute and Subacute Stroke Population: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Efficacy of robotic exoskeleton for gait rehabilitation in patients with subacute stroke : a systematic review.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Traumatic Brain Injury Is Associated With Both Hemorrhagic Stroke and Ischemic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
- Change in Views of Aging, Physical Activity, and Physical Health Over 8 Weeks: Results From a Randomized Study.Journal of aging and physical activity · 2023Trial
- Physical Activity Trajectories and Functional Recovery After Acute Stroke Among Adults in Sweden.JAMA network open · 2023Trial
- Trial
- Physical activity prior to transient ischaemic attack and risk of subsequent cerebrovascular events: a Swedish register-based study.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Co-Design of a Physical Activity Maintenance Intervention for People With Stroke: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Rehabilitation Dose Contributes to Improvement in Transfer and Mobility Activities Among Patients With Ischemic Stroke Who Required Assistance Before Hospitalization: A Nationwide Database Observational Study.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2026Article
- Accelerometer-measured physical activity, sedentary behavior, and incident neuropsychiatric diseases: a large prospective cohort study of 73411 participants.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Article
- Expert consensus statement for basic research of animal exercise intervention studies in chronic disease prevention and treatment: A joint position paper of the Exercise Science branch of the Biophysical Society of China and the Metabolism and Genetics branch of the Genetics Society of China.Journal of sport and health science · 2025Article
- A Systematic Scoping Review of Poststroke Engagement in Physical Activity.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2025Review
- Self-reported physical activity more than 1 year after stroke and its determinants in relation to the WHO recommendations.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Effect of regular exercise on stroke prevention: an instrumental variables approach.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Combined 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and physical activity on mortality in US stroke survivors: findings from the NHANES.Nutrition journal · 2025Article
- Association of physical activity level and all-cause mortality among stroke survivors: evidence from NHANES 2007-2018.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2025Article
- Does Physical Fitness Prior to Traumatic Brain Injury Affect Recovery Outcomes? A Scoping Review of Human and Animal Research.Neurotrauma reports · 2025Review
- Citizen science approaches in the development of post-stroke physical activity interventions: A scoping review.PloS one · 2025Article
- Association between baseline levels of muscular strength and risk of stroke in later life: The Cooper Center Longitudinal Study.Journal of sport and health science · 2024Article
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purpose of the reviewSummarising the evidence for pre- and post-stroke physical activity (PA) and exercise to reduce stroke risk, and improve recovery and brain health. RECENT
findingsPre-stroke PA reduces the risk of stroke, and post-stroke PA and exercise reduce cardiovascular risk factors, which can moderate the risk of recurrent strokes. Pre-clinical evidence indicates that exercise enhances neuroplasticity. The results from clinical studies showed that exercise changes brain activity patterns in stroke survivors, which can be a signal neuroplasticity. The intensity of pre- and post-stroke PA and exercise is a key factor with higher intensities leading to greater benefits, including improvement in fitness. Having low fitness levels is an independent predictor for increased risk of stroke. Higher intensity leads to greater benefits; however, the optimum intensity of PA and exercise is yet unknown and needs to be further investigated. Strategies to decrease sedentary behaviour and improve fitness need to be considered.
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