How to Score the Peak Oxygen Consumption Obtained Through Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test in Individuals after Stroke?

Objectives: To compare five distinct methods to score the peak of oxygen consumption (VO2peak) obtained through the cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) in individuals after stroke.

Materials And Methods: The VO was obtained through the CPET with five methods: method-1: the highest value of the test; method-2: the highest value of the last 30 seconds at peak exercise; method-3: the mean of the last 30 seconds at peak exercise; method-4: the mean of the last 20 seconds at peak exercise; method-5: the highest value averaged of the 3 last blocks of 10 seconds at peak exercise. The coefficient of variance (CV) and the mean differences with 95% confidence interval (CI) between the scoring methods were calculated.

Assessment of V̇o and Exercise Capacity After Stroke: A Validity Study of the Human Activity Profile Questionnaire.

Objective: To investigate the concurrent validity of the Human Activity Profile (HAP) in individuals after stroke to provide the peak oxygen uptake (V̇o) and the construct validity of the HAP to assess exercise capacity, and to provide equations based on the HAP outcomes to estimate the distance covered in the Incremental Shuttle Walking Test (ISWT).

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: University laboratory.

Reliability and validity of the incremental shuttle walking test in individuals after stroke.

Background: There are limitations to perform the cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) and the six-minute walking test (6MWT) in clinical settings. The incremental shuttle walking test (ISWT) might be an alternative assessment of exercise capacity and an estimation of cardiopulmonary fitness after stroke.

Objectives: To investigate the test-retest and inter-rater reliabilities, the standard error of measurement (SEM) and the minimal detectable change (MDC) of the ISWT, its construct validity to assess exercise capacity and its concurrent validity to estimate cardiopulmonary fitness after stroke.

Effects of detraining on cardiorespiratory fitness of individuals with chronic stroke.

Background: Aerobic training can improve cardiorespiratory fitness in individuals after stroke. However, the effects of short-term and long-term detraining are not well known.

Objective: To determine the effects of short-term (1-month) and long-term (6-month) detraining on cardiorespiratory fitness (VO) of individuals after stroke, who participated in aerobic training.

Five-repetition sit-to-Stand test among patients post-stroke and healthy-matched controls: the use of different chair types and number of trials.

: In 2018, the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) published a clinical guideline for adults with neurological conditions, which included recommendations for the Five-Repetition Sit-to-Stand test (5STSt). According to the APTA, a standard-height chair should be used, but there is no recommendation regarding seat depth. In addition, the APTA recommended the use of one trial of the test, based on expert opinion.

A Single Trial May Be Used for Measuring Muscle Strength With Dynamometers in Individuals With Stroke: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: The mean of 3 trials is commonly employed to report measures of muscle strength after a stroke. However, consistent and reliable results have been found for single trial dynamometric measures of grip, pinch, and trunk strength in individuals with stroke. Nevertheless, no studies were found that investigated whether only a single trial could be used for the assessment of the strength of both the upper and lower limb muscles.

Trunk flexor and extensor muscle performance in chronic stroke patients: a case-control study.

Background: Although chronic stroke patients commonly show impairment of trunk muscle performance, this disability has only been analyzed in terms of peak torque. Therefore, other measures are needed for a more adequate description.

Objective: This study aimed to compare concentric muscle performance of trunk flexor/extensor muscles between chronic stroke patients and matched-healthy subjects.

Modified sphygmomanometer test for the assessment of strength of the trunk, upper and lower limbs muscles in subjects with subacute stroke: reliability and validity.

Background: Limitations in activities have been related to weakness of the upper limbs (UL), lower limbs (LL) and trunk muscles after stroke. Therefore, the measurement of strength after stroke becomes essential. The Modified Sphygmomanometer Test (MST) is an alternative method for the measurement of strength, since it is cheap and provides objective values.

Measurement properties and feasibility of clinical tests to assess sit-to-stand/stand-to-sit tasks in subjects with neurological disease: a systematic review.

Background: Subjects with neurological disease (ND) usually show impaired performance during sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit tasks, with a consequent reduction in their mobility levels.

Objective: To determine the measurement properties and feasibility previously investigated for clinical tests that evaluate sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit in subjects with ND.

Method: A systematic literature review following the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses) protocol was performed.