Effects of 2-Year-Long Maintenance Training and Detraining on 558 Subacute Ischemic Stroke Patients' Clinical-Motor Symptoms.

Purpose: This study aimed to determine the effects of a 2-yr-long maintenance training (MT) exergaming and detraining (DT) on clinical-motor symptoms in subacute ischemic patients with stroke (PwST). The hypothesis was that MT motor rehabilitation program would further increase the effects of the initial rehabilitation.

Methods: After high-intensity and high-frequency exergaming twice or once a day, 5 times per week for 5 wk (EX2: 50 sessions; EX1: 25 sessions, results reported previously), 558 PwST were randomized to EX2-MT, EX2-DT, EX1-MT, and EX1-DT.

High Frequency and Intensity Rehabilitation in 641 Subacute Ischemic Stroke Patients.

Objectives: To determine the effects of exergaming on quality of life (QoL), motor, and clinical symptoms in subacute stroke patients.

Design: A pseudorandomized controlled trial, using a before-after test design.

Setting: University hospital.