Maximum heart rate prediction equations based on field-tests with adequate clinical applicability for aerobic exercise prescription to individuals after stroke.

Objectives: 1) to develop two maximum heart rate (HR) prediction equations for individuals after stroke; 2) to investigate its validity.

Methods: The HR was obtained by a Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test (CPET). Participants also completed the Six-minute Walking Test (6MWT) and the Incremental Shuttle Walking Test (ISWT).

A scoping review of patient and public involvement in empirical stroke research.

Background: Impactful, evidence-based solutions in surveillance, prevention, acute care, and rehabilitation for stroke survivors are required to address the high global burden of stroke. Patient and public involvement (PPI), where patients, their families, and the public are actively involved as research partners, enhances the relevance, credibility, and impact of stroke-related research.

Aims: This scoping review, adhering to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) Scoping Review guidelines, aims to identify and summarize how PPI is currently implemented and reported in empirical stroke research using a participatory approach.

Effectiveness of behavior change and self-management theoretically-informed telehealth interventions for stroke secondary prevention: An overview of systematic reviews.

Introduction: Despite the increased use of telehealth interventions, low-level evidence supports their use for behavior change and self-management in stroke secondary prevention. Therefore, this overview of systematic reviews (SRs) critically appraises and consolidates the evidence about theoretically-informed telehealth interventions in stroke secondary prevention.

Methods: Two phases were conducted independently by two reviewers.

Are age-predicted equations valid in predicting maximum heart rate in individuals after stroke?

Purpose: To investigate the validity of six age-predicted maximum heart rate (HR) equations after stroke.

Material And Methods: Sixty individuals (54 (12) years; 64 (69) months after stroke) were included. A Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test (CPET) performed on a treadmill obtained the HR The most used age-predicted equations were investigated: (1) 220-age, proposed by Fox; (2) 206.

Validity of the two-minute walk test to assess exercise capacity and estimate cardiorespiratory fitness in individuals after stroke: a cross-sectional study.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the construct validity of the 2-minute walk test (2MWT) to assess the exercise capacity and the criterion-concurrent validity of the 2MWT and the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) to estimate the cardiorespiratory fitness of ambulatory individuals with chronic stroke. In addition, to provide an equation to predict the distance covered in the 6MWT and another to predict the peak oxygen consumption (VO) for these individuals.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional and prospective study.

An Equation With Clinical Applicability and Adequate Validity to Predict the Maximum Oxygen Consumption of Individuals Post-stroke.

Objective: To develop an equation with clinical applicability and adequate validity to predict the maximum oxygen consumption (V̇o) of individuals post-stroke.

Design: A cross-sectional study.

Setting: A university laboratory.

Measurement properties of outcome measures used in neurological telerehabilitation: A systematic review using COSMIN checklist.

Objective: To summarize the measurement properties (reliability, validity, and responsiveness) and the clinical utility of measurement tools used in telerehabilitation in individuals with neurological conditions.

Design: Systematic review.

Subjects: Individuals with neurological conditions

Intervention: Not applicable.

The Distance Covered in Field Tests is more Explained by Walking Capacity than by Cardiorespiratory Fitness after Stroke.

Objectives: To investigate if the distance covered in the Six-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) and in the Incremental Shuttle Walk Test (ISWT) is most strongly explained by walking capacity or cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) measures in individuals after chronic stroke.

Materials And Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. Individuals after chronic stroke aged at least 20 years old and able to walk at least 10 minutes independently were included.

Perspectives, satisfaction, self-efficacy, and barriers to aerobic exercise reported by individuals with chronic stroke in a developing country.

Purpose: To describe the perspectives, satisfaction, and self-efficacy towards aerobic exercise and to investigate the barriers to aerobic exercise identified by individuals with stroke in a developing country.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed with 15 individuals (55 ± 12 years, 69 ± 77 months post-stroke), who received a 12-week vigorous intensity aerobic treadmill training (three 30-min sessions/week). To assess participants' perspectives, satisfaction, self-efficacy, and barriers to aerobic exercise, a standardized interview and the Short Self-Efficacy for Exercise scale were employed.

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing and aerobic treadmill training after stroke: Feasibility of a controlled trial.

Purpose: To investigate the feasibility and safety of a randomized controlled trial that performed cardiopulmonary exercise testing and 12 weeks of aerobic treadmill training in individuals in the chronic phase after stroke.

Methods: The following data were recorded: number of individuals contacted to participate, that attended in the evaluation session, and that were included (recruited) in the study; retention, attendance and adherence rates; reasons for exclusion, withdrawal, non-attendance and non-completing exercise; adverse events.

Results: From 230 individuals that were contacted, 39 (17%) attended the evaluation session and 22 (9.