In the US, someone has a stroke every 45 seconds. Around one-third of these strokes are recurrent and a significant amount of those strokes lead to death. Returning to previous levels of activity ...

If you encourage patients coming back from stroke to exercise, you're doing the right thing. Regular physical activity can help improve recovery and reduce the risk for another stroke. But emerging ...

Oct. 13 (UPI) --While a stroke doubles a person's risk for dementia, a new study suggests that fairly intensive exercise can improve cognitive function in adults who are several months into recovery.

Starting aerobic exercise just two months after a stroke is safe and may help protect thinking skills, according to new research. The study provides fresh hope for stroke survivors that they can ...

Cardiorespiratory exercise after ischemic stroke had benefits on cognition but not brain volume in a randomized controlled study conducted in Australia. In the PISCES-ZODIAC trial, an 8-week ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Short-interval high-intensity exercise improved peak VO 2 more vs. moderate-intensity training after stroke. A ...

Stroke survivors who participated in group-based aerobic exercise programs of a similar design and duration to cardiac rehabilitation programs saw their aerobic endurance and mobility significantly ...

Correspondence to Dr Ada Tang, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Canada; atang{at}mcmaster.ca Objective To determine the superiority of ...

What triggers a stroke? The answer has been elusive, but a new study offers clues about what many survivors experienced soon before their stroke happened. Anger or emotional upset was common in the ...

Stroke survivors who completed a group-based aerobic exercise program, like cardiac rehabilitation, significantly improved their endurance and walking capacity regardless of time since stroke. Mixed ...

If the idea of exercising for cardiovascular health makes you think of spin class, it’s time to shift that thinking. In addition to traditional “cardio” regimens such as biking, running and ...