People with stroke can safely take part in programmes of exercise which involve muscle strength training. By engaging in muscle strength training, people with stroke can increase muscle strength and ...

Repeated 1-minute bursts of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) are more effective than conventional moderate, continuous exercise for improving aerobic fitness after stroke, according to a ...

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 ...

Recovering from a stroke is difficult, to say the least. It makes sense that the period after may leave you feeling fatigued, irritable, weak, in pain or unable to problem-solve, for example. If ...

"Exercise is a really crucial part of rehabilitation," said study co-author Dr. Ada Tang, a physical therapist and professor of rehabilitation science at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, ...

Two weeks after her stroke, she was transferred to Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital from a hospital in Missoula, Montana. Four times a year, Marilyn Starcevich and her husband drive more than 400 miles ...

Every year, nearly 800,000 Americans suffer a stroke. And 40 percent end up having a second stroke which can be even more debilitating. But the key to prevention may be very simple. Research found a ...

If you have participated in sports or exercise, you have likely experienced an injury that has taken you off the fitness ...

People with stroke can complete programmes of exercise that target both aerobic fitness and muscle strength (this is called 'combined training'). By engaging in combined training, people with stroke ...

Short bursts of intense exercise may better improve cardiovascular fitness among stroke survivors than continuously exercising at a more moderate level, new research finds, adding to what's known ...