The Effects of High-Intensity Aerobic Exercise on Cognitive Performance After Stroke: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial
dc.contributor.author | Pallesen, Hanne | |
dc.contributor.author | Bjerk, Maria | |
dc.contributor.author | Roer Pedersen, Asger | |
dc.contributor.author | Feldbæk Nielsen, Jørgen | |
dc.contributor.author | Evald, Lars | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-24T19:48:51Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-05-27T06:58:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-04-24T19:48:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-05-27T06:58:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-04-22 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Pallesen H, Bjerk M, Roer Pedersen, Feldbæk Nielsen J, Evald L. The Effects of High-Intensity Aerobic Exercise on Cognitive Performance After Stroke: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial. Journal of central nervous system disease. 2019;11:1-10 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1179-5735 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1179-5735 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/7162 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Aerobic exercise is an effective treatment to improve aerobic capacity following stroke and might also improve cognitive impairments in sub-acute stroke survivors. The aim of the study was to assess the effect of high-intensity aerobic exercise on cognitive impairments in sub-acute stroke survivors. Methods: A pilot, randomised controlled trial on the effects of aerobic exercise on cognitive impairments of stroke patients in the sub-acute (1-3 months) phase was conducted. Thirty patients with moderate cognitive impairments (maximum score of 5 on at least two items on the cognitive subscales of the Functional Independence Measure [FIM]) were included in the study and randomly assigned to either the intervention group – performing high-intensity aerobic exercise (above 70% of maximum heart rate), or the control group – performing low-intensity aerobic exercise (below 60%). Patients in both groups exercised for 50 min twice a week for 4 weeks. Primary neuropsychological outcome: Trail Making Test B. Results: Thirty stroke patients completed the interventions. The results showed that the high-intensity group, compared with the low-intensity group, achieved significant improvements on Trail Making Test B, which assesses processing speed and divided attention (P = .04 after training and P = .01 at follow-up). However, the significant improvements on Trail Making Test B might relate to a ceiling effect in the control group. Conclusions: This study does not provide evidence to support that aerobic exercise can improve cognition in stroke survivors, even though significant improvement was revealed on the primary outcome in sub-acute stroke survivors following high-intensity aerobic exercise compared with low-intensity general exercise. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | The authors are most grateful for funding from HE Midt Research Fund and Danish Physiotherapists’ Research Fund. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | SAGE | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Journal of Central Nervous System Disease;Volime 11 | |
dc.rights | This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). | en |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | Sub-acute stroke survivors | en |
dc.subject | Moderate cognitive impairments | en |
dc.subject | Neuropsychological assessments | en |
dc.subject | High-intensity training | en |
dc.title | The Effects of High-Intensity Aerobic Exercise on Cognitive Performance After Stroke: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.updated | 2019-04-24T19:48:51Z | |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://dx.doi.org/10.1177%2F1179573519843493 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1693772 | |
dc.source.journal | Journal of central nervous system disease | |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::Medisinske fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Nevrologi: 752 | |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::Midical sciences: 700::Clinical medical sciences: 750::Neurology: 752 |
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