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. 2002 Dec;83(12):1697-702.
doi: 10.1053/apmr.2002.36395.

Exercise capacity early after stroke

Marilyn J Mackay-Lyons  1 , Lydia Makrides
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Exercise capacity early after stroke

Marilyn J Mackay-Lyons et al. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2002 Dec.

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate exercise capacity of patients with a poststroke interval of less than 1 month.

Design: Prospective, cohort, observational study.

Setting: Exercise testing laboratory in a tertiary care hospital.

Participants: Twenty-nine patients (mean age +/- standard deviation, 64.9+/-13.5 y) with a poststroke interval of 26.0+/-8.8 days.

Interventions: Not applicable.

Main outcome measures: Peak exercise capacity (VO(2)peak) was measured by open-circuit spirometry during maximal effort treadmill walking with 15% body-weight support.

Results: Mean VO(2)peak was 14.4+/-5.1 mL. kg(-1). min(-1) or 60%+/-16% of age- and sex-related normative values for sedentary healthy adults.

Conclusions: Exercise capacity approximately 1 month after stroke was compromised. Further research is needed to elucidate the physiologic basis of this low capacity.

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